Necropolis
A city where the dead are honored. With tombs and funerary
shrines. Necro meaning death.
Most of the famous necropolises of Egypt line the Nile River
across from their cities. In ancient Greece and Rome, a necropolis would often
line the road leading out of a city; in the 1940s a great Roman necropolis was
discovered under the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica
Egypt
The Giza Necropolis of ancient Egy pt is one of the oldest
and probably the most well-known necropolis in the world since the Great
Pyramid of Giza was included in the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Aside
from the pyramids, which were reserved for the burial of Pharaohs, the Egyptian
necropoleis included mastabas, a typical royal tomb of the early Dynastic
period.
Abusir
Bagawat
Dahshur
Saqqara
Siwa Oasis
Theban Necropolis
Minya
Algeria
Jedars
Nepasa
Roknia
Brazil
Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier
By Halley Pacheco de Oliveira - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=36331204
The Etruscans took the concept of a "city of the
dead" quite literally. These tombs had multiple chambers and were
elaborately decorated like contemporary houses. The arrangement of the tumuli
in a grid of streets gave it an appearance similar to the cities of the living.
Etruscan necropoleis were usually located on hills or slopes
of hills.[5]
Mycenae
In the Mycenean Greek period predating ancient Greece, burials
could be performed inside the city. In Mycenae, for example, the royal tombs
were located in a precinct within the city walls. This changed during the
ancient Greek period when necropoleis usually lined the roads outside a city.
Kerameikos outside of Athens
Vergina
Amphipolis
Marathon
Persia
Naqsh-e Rustam is an ancient necropolis located about 12 km
(7.5 mi) northwest of Persepolis, in Fars Province, Iran. The oldest relief at
Naqsh-i Rustam dates to c. 1000 BC Darius the Great
The North Acropolis of the ancient Maya city of Tikal in Guatemala
is an architectural complex that served as a royal necropolis and was a centre
for funerary activity for over 1300 years. The acropolis is located near the
centre of the city and is one of the most studied of Maya architectural
complexes.
Iraq
Wadi-us-Salaam, reputedly the largest cemetery in the world.
Lebanon
Tyre Necropolis
Libya
Necropolis of Cyrene
Malta
Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni
Morocco
Chellah is a medieval fortified Muslim necropolis located in
the metro area of Rabat, Morocco,
North Macedonia
Saint Erasmus
Pakistan
Chaukundi
Makli Hill
Peru
Necropolis of Wari Kayan
Russia
Kremlin Wall Necropolis
Somalia
Hafun
Syria
Necropolis of Emesa
Valley of Tombs
Turkey
Tombs of the kings of Pontus
Karacaahmet Cemetery
Eyüp Cemetery
Hierapolis necropoleis
Lycian necropoleis
Ukraine
Caves of The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra
Uzbekistan
Bahoutdin Architectural Complex
Vatican City
Vatican Necropolis
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