tumulus

Noun

Meaning

An artificial hillock, especially one raised over a grave, particularly over the graves of persons buried in ancient times; a barrow.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

mass hill sepulchre barrow knoll sepulcher bank mountain dune cairn tope rise tell shock grave
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Antonyms

mead lea valley prairie vale basin
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Hypernyms

hill mound

Derivatives

tumuli

Examples

All three mummies were dated to 1351–1345 BCE. citation The Skrydstrup Woman was unearthed from a tumulus in Southern Jutland, in 1935. Source: Internet

Galatian plate, 3rd century BC, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Bolu. Source: Internet

In particular, there is no change in burial practice, and tumulus warrior graves continued to be erected throughout Merovingian times. Source: Internet

The perimeter wall of the tumulus is 497 meters long, and is made of limestone covered with marble. Source: Internet

The haugbui (from Old Norse haugr' "howe, barrow, tumulus") was a mound-dweller, the dead body living on within its tomb. Source: Internet

There the Achaeans raised a tumulus for him and celebrated funeral games. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

tumultuously tumultuousness tumultus Tumupasa Tumushuke Tumxuk