Tumulus

Definition

tumulus /'tju:mjǝlǝs; US 'tu:-/ n ( pl tumuli /-laÇ/) ေတာင္ပူစာကဲ့သို႔ေသာ သခ်ၤဳ ငိ္းေျမပံု။ See also BARROW 2

Examples

1. ‘In Folkestone
2. a pillbox was built into a Bronze Age tumulus.’
3. ‘Silbury-Hill
4. the largest tumulus or artificial mound of earth in this kingdom was begun to be opened by the miners of Mendip
5. on Thursday last.’
6. ‘Everywhere you go in Ireland there are standing stones
7. circles
8. cromlechs and tumuli; some of huge size.’
9. ‘This giant Neolithic tumulus near Avebury
10. the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe
11. has been a source of observation
12. speculation and wishful thinking for hundreds if not thousands of years.’
13. ‘His bent knees fit perfectly inside the slight curve of the tumulus
14. and we covered him with more flat stones.’
15. ‘About two miles east of Samarra
16. rises the Tomb of Julius
17. a huge tumulus about 200 feet high
18. rising from the level plain.’
19. ‘The cup was discovered in 1917 in Turkey
20. within an amphora at the foot of an early Bronze Age tumulus.’
21. ‘It was a ruin in the making
22. and my friends and I were camped out amid its potsherds and tumuli.’
23. ‘Farmer Bob Frearson is in the process of putting up fences to prevent 4x4 drivers getting on to his land and using ancient burial mounds
24. or tumuli
25. as an off-road assault course.’
26. ‘The tumuli
27. or ancient burial mounds
28. are obvious enough and we have always been able to work around them.’
29. ‘It is constructed to resemble an ancient burial mound
30. called a tumulus
31. sitting atop a ridge and overlooking the Magaliesberg mountains.’
32. ‘A walkway will lead to the entrance into the tumulus
33. an exploration area involving a boat ride on an underground lake that will explore the different forms of water.’
34. ‘At first cremation was the rule
35. as were flat or low graves
36. though later the tumulus or raised barrow became standard.’
37. ‘Three years later
38. smugglers found more artifacts in the tombs at Ikiztepe and Aktepe tumuli.’
39. ‘The entrance was located at the center of the tumulus.’
40. ‘Inch Castle is about three miles from Athy
41. and adjoining it is a small tumulus
42. of which the following story is told.’
43. ‘Unlike the terracotta soldiers protecting the emperor's tumulus
44. the identity and purpose of the standing figure is still a mystery to scholars.’