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Later tombs here have no tumulus above but consist of a single large room cut into the stone.
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Inch Castle is about three miles from Athy, and adjoining it is a small tumulus, of which the following story is told.
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Unlike the terracotta soldiers protecting the emperor's tumulus, the identity and purpose of the standing figure is still a mystery to scholars.
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In Nubia such rings are generally built of stone, but here brick was used instead for both the rings, which do not appear to have been the revetting wall for a rubble filled tumulus, and the offering chapels placed on an axis parallel with the orientation of the grave cut.
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In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed
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Drizzlecombe, near Sheep's Tor, is rich in a variety of antiquities, for it has three stone rows, a large tumulus, a kistvaen, and a later relic -- a miner's blowing-house.
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A walkway will lead to the entrance into the tumulus, an exploration area involving a boat ride on an underground lake that will explore the different forms of water.
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In 1977, Andronikos undertook a six-week dig at the Tumulus and found four buried chambers which he identified as hitherto undisturbed Drag to Playlist
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A very little archology will tell you all about yonder British tumulus, or help you to fill in the outline of the broken Roman camp upon the downs.
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About two miles east of Samarra, rises the Tomb of Julius, a huge tumulus about 200 feet high, rising from the level plain.
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For impact, few vistas along the Edge can beat the one from Selsley Common, southwest of Stroud: a topograph next to the tumulus picks out features as far away as the Sugar Loaf and Hay Bluff.
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Left, gold wreath of flowering myrtle dating to the fourth century B.C. from a funerary cistus in a tumulus at Evropos, Kilkis (Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki) Right, a silver wine jug (Museum of the Royal Tombs of Aigai, Vergina) [LARGERIMAGE]
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The cup was discovered in 1917 in Turkey, within an amphora at the foot of an early Bronze Age tumulus.
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The entrance was located at the center of the tumulus.
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Ana Cross stands proud on a tumulus, visible from half a mile away.
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It is constructed to resemble an ancient burial mound, called a tumulus, sitting atop a ridge and overlooking the Magaliesberg mountains.
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At first cremation was the rule, as were flat or low graves, though later the tumulus or raised barrow became standard.
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I remember that the most early practicality of shark head was appeared in Mongolia and strips in tumulus from Liao dynasty, its back has two shark apices !
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On each is trowelled a tumulus of smooth liver paste.
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In Folkestone, a pillbox was built into a Bronze Age tumulus.
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This giant Neolithic tumulus near Avebury, the largest man-made prehistoric mound in Europe, has been a source of observation, speculation and wishful thinking for hundreds if not thousands of years.
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His bent knees fit perfectly inside the slight curve of the tumulus, and we covered him with more flat stones.
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Silbury-Hill, the largest tumulus or artificial mound of earth in this kingdom was begun to be opened by the miners of Mendip, on Thursday last.
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Chateau Robin in the Touraine is a chalk cliff that rises above the road to the height of sixty feet and is crowned by a tumulus.
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