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    A tumulus (pl.: tumuli) is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds or (in Siberia and...
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  • Look up tumulus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumulus may also refer to:...
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    the tumulus Finds from the Saint-Michel tumulus Jade axes from the tumulus Callais necklace from the tumulus Broken stone axes from the tumulus "Saint-Michel...
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    The Karakuş Tumulus (also Karakush) is a funerary monument—a hierothesion—for Queen Isias and Princesses Antiochis and Aka I of Commagene, built by Mithridates...
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    The Tumulus culture (German: Hügelgräberkultur) was the dominant material culture in Central Europe during the Middle Bronze Age (c. 1600 to 1300 BC)...
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    Aslantepe Tumulus (Turkish: Aslantepe Höyüğü), also spelled as Arslantepe, is a 5,000 year-old tumulus located in Malatya Province, Eastern Anatolia Region...
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    The Tumulus of Bougon or Necropolis of Bougon (French: "Tumulus de Bougon", "Nécropole de Bougon") is a group of five Neolithic barrows located in Bougon...
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  • The Tumulus of Montefortini is an Etruscan tomb near Comeana, Tuscany, central Italy, which is believed to date from the 7th century BC. The tumulus is...
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  • the tumulus of the Plataeans, and a victory column erected by the Athenians to commemorate their victory over Darius' Persian expedition. The tumulus is...
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    The Kamenica Tumulus (Albanian: Tuma e Kamenicës) is an archaeological site in Kamenicë, Korçë County, Albania. The site includes a museum dedicated to...
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    Goddess Matar (Kybele). The furniture from the largest tomb at Gordion, Tumulus MM, is associated with King Midas, the powerful Phrygian ruler of the eighth...
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  • Tumulus is a Russian progressive folk metal band from Yaroslavl, Russia. They were formed from the ashes of cult doom metal/viking metal band Scald, after...
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    Kofun (redirect from Tumulus Period)
    keyhole-shaped mounds (zempō-kōen fun (前方後円墳)). The Mozu-Furuichi kofungun or tumulus clusters were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2019, while...
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    Vergina (redirect from Great Tumulus)
    the Great Tumulus (Μεγάλη Τούμπα) concealed the tombs of the Macedonian kings. In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Great Tumulus and found...
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  • A Chamber Tumulus is a large megalithic construct found in certain early neolithic societies. They have been uncovered along the Atlantic coastline in...
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    Gordion (section Tumulus MM)
    Anatolia. Around the same time, c. 850 BCE, Tumulus W was constructed, the first known example of a tumulus burial in Anatolia and a marker of elite prominence...
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    and wedge-shaped), and they may be covered with an earthen mound (or "tumulus") or rock mound (or "cairn"). Archeologist T. Douglas Price argues that...
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    constructions in Locmariaquer, Brittany. They comprise the elaborate Er-Grah tumulus passage grave, a dolmen known as the Table des Marchand and "The Broken...
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  • The Armorican Tumulus culture is a Bronze Age culture, located in the western part of the Armorican peninsula of France. It is known through more than...
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  • Xenorhina tumulus is a species of frog in the family Microhylidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...
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    The Leubingen tumulus (German: Fürstengrab von Leubingen) is an Early Bronze Age "princely" grave of the Leubingen culture, (which, after further finds...
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    built for various purposes), might also be originally a tumulus. A long barrow is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials. As indicated, tombs are...
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    BC, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Bolu. Istanbul Archaeological Museum. Galatian bracelets and earrings, 3rd century BC, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Bolu. Istanbul Archaeological...
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    Zenpokoenfun is an architectural model of Japanese ancient tombs (Kofun), which consists of a square front part (前方部) and a circular back part (後円部). The...
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  • Dendrolaelaps tumulus is a species of mite in the family Digamasellidae. "Dendrolaelaps tumulus". GBIF. Retrieved 2020-01-23. v t e...
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  • Jinyama Tumulus Cluster (陣山墳墓群) is a group of Yayoi period burial mounds, located in the Shijukan and Mukaeda neighborhoods of the city of Miyoshi, Hiroshima...
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  • neighborhood of the city of Matsue, Shimane in the San'in region of Japan. The tumulus was designated a National Historic Site of Japan in 1924. The Ōbaniwatorizuka...
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    "hemispherical monuments" of tumulus with brick-masonry found with burial chambers inside. Among them, Tumulus-1 and Tumulus-2 mounds were excavated. They...
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    typical tomb at the Banditaccia necropolis at Cerveteri consists of a tumulus which covers one or more rock-cut subterranean tombs. These tombs had multiple...
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    the tumulus of Tumiac was erected between 4790 and 4530 BC. The tumulus of Tumiac has been classified as a historical monument since 1923. The Tumulus of...
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