necropolis
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The underwater necropolis, which was discovered by a team of researchers from China, Italy and New Zealand, is teeming with organisms and species that "may be new to science", according to journal Nature.
From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026
Mitch Hutchcraft, Alico’s executive vice president of real estate, agreed to give me a personal tour of this citrus necropolis.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
The Al-Bass site is centred on a necropolis that dates back three millennia to Tyre's time as a major Phoenician city and was still in use until the Arab conquests of the 7h Century.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
Today the glamorous necropolis is “the jewel in the crown of cemetery tourism,” Mr. Gallot notes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
Even though neither of us was superstitious, that necropolis of crosses, cupolas, and tombstones had us pretty nervous.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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