TOMBS

Meaning of TOMBS in English

Tombs BrE AmE tuːmz

Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary. Английский словарь произношений Longman. 2012

TOMBS — Могилы
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TOMB — I Home or house for the dead. The term is applied loosely to all kinds of graves, funerary monuments, and …
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ETRUSCAN ART — (с 8th–4th centuries BC) Art of the people of Etruria . The art of the Etruscan s falls into three …
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EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE — Houses, palaces, temples, tombs, and other buildings of ancient Egypt. Most Egyptian towns were situated on the floodplain of the …
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TOMB — in the strictest sense, a home or house for the dead; the term is applied loosely to all kinds of …
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METALWORK
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XANTHUS — modern Kinik principal city of ancient Lycia. It is situated on a cliff above the mouth of the Koca (Xanthus) …
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THEBES — ancient Egyptian Wase, or Wo'se, or (from c. 21st century BC) Nowe, or Nuwe, one of the famed cities of …
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TARQUINIA — Etruscan Trchuna, or Tarchna, Latin Tarquinii, formerly Corneto town and episcopal see of Viterbo provincia, Lazio (Latium) regione, central Italy. …
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STONE AGE — prehistoric cultural stage, or level of human development, characterized by the creation and use of stone tools. The Stone Age …
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SAQQARAH — also spelled Sakkara, part of the necropolis of the ancient city of Memphis, Egypt, 15 miles (24 km) southwest of …
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SAINT-DENIS — town, capital of the French overseas dpartement of Runion in the western Indian Ocean. The town lies in a basin …
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PERSEPOLIS — Old Persian Parsa, modern Takht-e Jamshid, or Takht-i Jamshid (Persian: Throne of Jamshid) an ancient capital of the Achaemenian kings …
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MADAGASCAR — officially Republic of Madagascar, Malagasy Repoblikan'i Madagasikara, French Rpublique de Madagascar nation occupying the island of Madagascar, the world's fourth …
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LATIUM — ancient area in west-central Italy, originally limited to the territory around the Alban Hills, but extending by about 500 Bc …
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KINGS, VALLEY OF THE — also called Valley of the Tombs of the Kings, Arabic Wadi al-Biban al-Muluk, or Wadi al-Muluk, long, narrow defile just …
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KARMAH — also spelled Kerma market town, north-central Sudan, 30 miles (48 km) north of Dunqulah (Dongola) on the right bank of …
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EGYPTOLOGY — the study of pharaonic Egypt, spanning the period c. 4500 BC to AD 641. Egyptology began when the scholars accompanying …
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EGYPTIAN ART — the ancient architectural monuments, sculptures, paintings, and decorative crafts produced mainly during the dynastic periods of the first three millennia …
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EGYPT, FLAG OF — horizontally striped red-white-black national flag with a central coat of arms in the form of a gold eagle. The flag …
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DAYR AL-MADINAH — ancient site on the west bank of the Nile, at Thebes in Upper Egypt. It is known primarily as the …
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CLUSIUM — ancient Etruscan town on the site of modern Chiusi, in Tuscany regione, north-central Italy. Clusium was founded in the 8th …
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BELZONI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA — born Nov. 5, 1778, Padua, Republic of Venice died Dec. 3, 1823, Gwato, Benin excavator of Egyptian archaeological sites. Originally …
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ANDRONICOS, MANOLIS — born Oct. 23, 1919, Bursa, Tur. died Mar. 30, 1992, Salonika, Greece Andronicos also spelled Andronikos Greek archaeologist who discovered …
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ABYDOS — ancient Anatolian town located just northeast of the modern Turkish town of anakkale on the east side of the Dardanelles …
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TOMB — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADJECTIVE empty ▪ There's an underground tunnel that goes from here to an empty tomb …
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EGYPTIAN ARCHITECTURE — Houses, palaces, temples, tombs, and other buildings of ancient Egypt. Most Egyptian towns were situated on the floodplain of the …
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TOMB — From the burial of Sarah in the cave of Machpelah, (Genesis 23:19) to the funeral rites prepared for Dorcas, (Acts …
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