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[toom] / tum /


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During the earlier period, the tomb contained multiple generations of the same extended families, suggesting closely connected communities that buried relatives together over time.

From Science Daily Jul. 8, 2026

The rescuers guided Gil out of his would-be tomb, onto a gurney and outside into the crush of onlookers waiting below the tropical sun, already blazing before 10 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 5, 2026

Rubio, a devout Catholic, began his four-day, four-city tour by touring the headquarters of Mother Teresa's charity in the eastern city of Kolkata and praying over her tomb.

From Barron's May 23, 2026

The state media broadcast featured the 42-year-old dictator paying homage to the deceased, scattering dirt over one tomb and laying a white rose on another.

From The Wall Street Journal May 15, 2026

Others say the Americans are searching for the tomb of King Tutankhamun.

From "The (Mostly) True Story of Cleopatra's Needle" by Dan Gutman

Mama Margaretha and her atas and their children live together in several traditional houses, which look like tall witches' hats, ranged around her family's tombs.

From Barron's Jul. 21, 2026

Beginning in 2022, she surveyed rock cut tombs dating from the Lydian through Roman periods around Sardis.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

We visited on a sunny day, and the wind blew hard as we traced Mina and Lucy’s steps through the tombs and along the path past the Abbey toward Robin Hood’s Bay.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

There is little doubt that a crumbling Egyptian economy circa 1,100 B.C. prompted the country’s early leadership to loot the tombs.

From The Wall Street Journal Mar. 17, 2026

The tombs of the pharaohs and of Alexander the Great himself served as constant reminders of the heights she could hope to achieve.

From "Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen" by Susan Blackaby




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