Necropolis

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A necropolis (plural: necropoleis or necropoles) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead"). Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.

List of necropoleis

Algeria

Austria

Australia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Canada

China

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Egypt

France

Israel

Italy

Malaysia

Malta

Morocco

Pakistan

Peru

Poland

Philippines

Russia

United Kingdom

Turkey

United States

Vatican City

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