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necropolis

[nuh-krop-uh-lis, ne-] / nəˈkrɒp ə lɪs, nɛ- /


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But a British-Egyptian team located it in the Western Valleys of the Theban Necropolis near the city of Luxor.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2025

The handover came more than three months after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office determined that the sarcophagus was taken from Abu Sir Necropolis.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2023

On Tuesday, a procession carrying his coffin will pass through the streets of Santos, ending at the Ecumenical Memorial Necropolis cemetery, where he will be buried in a private ceremony.

From Reuters • Jan. 2, 2023

The tombs were found near the Step Pyramid of Djoser, in the Saqqara Necropolis, 24 kilometers southwest of Cairo.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 19, 2022

But the Necropolis Company, whether it knows it or not, did not found the tradition.

From Highways and Byways in Surrey by Thomson, Hugh




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