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See also:TOMB (Gr. Tuµ/3a, Tuµ(3os, probably allied to See also:Lat. See also:tumulus, literally a swelling, tumere, to swell) , a See also:general See also:term for a See also:place of See also:burial for the dead, including the excavation or cavity in which the See also:body is laid and the superstructure which marks the place . (See BURIAL and FUNERAL See also:RITES.) The various forms which the See also:tomb has taken throughout the ages are treated under such heads as See also:BARROW; See also:CAIRN; See also:TUMULUS; See also:CENOTAPH; See also:SARCOPHAGUS; &C . |
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