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ancient cemeteries  

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  • Originating from the Greek for “sleeping place,” the term cemetery refers to a place designated exclusively for the burial of the dead. A large cemetery associated with an ancient city is termed a necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, or necropoleis), derived from the Greek nekropolis, meaning “city of the dead.” Necropolises took a variety of forms, linked to the cultural context in which they developed, but all were designed to provide a purpose-built location for the disposal of the dead. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Cemeteries, Ancient]

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