tumulus

Last summer, archaeologists and a metal detectorist conducted a small survey of the tumulus on behalf of the Norwegian Directorate for Culture Heritage.

From New York Times ● May 31, 2024

The stones, or menhirs — some as tall as six feet — buttressed a massive capstone set in a tumulus, or a mound of earth and pebbles.

From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022

Bassett said he was sitting on a pile of boulders when he realized that the rocks were the top layer of a tumulus, an archaeological term for a burial chamber or sepulcher.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2015

Bassett said afterward that the site includes an apron of riprap around the men’s tumulus, which is in a ravine.

From Washington Times ● Sep. 27, 2015

The call sounded from far away, and Wart found himself standing by the side of an ancient tumulus, like an enormous mole hill, with a Mack hole in front of him.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

Sardis' landscape is vulnerable to natural erosion, while many tumuli have already been damaged by farming.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026

With its origins in pre-Buddhist burial mounds or sacred tumuli, it retains a cosmogonic power.

From New York Times ● May 11, 2020

"In the smoky firelight the two old men nodded off like a pair of ancient kings passing the aeons in their tumuli."

From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2010

There are numerous barrows and tumuli around it, where many skeletons and military weapons have been discovered.

From Curiosities of Great Britain: England and Wales Delineated Vol.1-11 Historical, Entertaining & Commercial; Alphabetically Arranged. 11 Volume set. by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale

Among the various tumuli, that situated near the quarantine establishment north of the town, unquestionably deserved especial attention on the part of the local administration.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell