NECROPOLIS  , a See also:

• CEMETERY (Gr. Korrsnri7pwv, from Hoiµav, to sleep)

cemetery (q.v.) or burying-See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place, literally a " See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of the dead " (Gr. vEKpos, See also:

• CORPSE (Lat. corpus, the body)

corpse, and coats, city) . Apart from the occasional application of the word to See also:

• MODERN

modern cemeteries outside large towns, the See also:

• TERM

term is chiefly used of See also:

• BURIAL

burial-grounds near. the sites of the centres of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient civilizations .