Meaning of nekropoleis | Babel Free

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Noun. [C1]

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“Two important areas have⟳ been or are being excavated — the Nekropoleis of the Old Town and the Heraion.”

“The Christianization of the urban territoria where the nekropoleis and altars lay⟳ posed problems for persons desiring to visit⟳ and honor family members who had died before the coming of the Christian catechumenate.”

“While adding enormously to our knowledge of the islands in these periods, the archaeological work⟳ is subject to varying, and sometimes widely divergent, interpretations, of which P.G. Themelis' reinterpretation of Xombourgo on Tenos, Zagora, and many other sites as Karian nekropoleis is an extreme example.⁹ It is not always so easy to decide⟳ where the truth lies.”

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