A necropolis (plural: necropolises or necropoleis) is a large cemetery or burial place (from Greek nekropolis "city of the dead"). Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds, often an abandoned city or town, near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations.

History and purpose

List of necropoleis

Nepasa Algeria

Imperial Crypt (Vienna)
Sulm valley necropolis Austria

Radimlja Bosnia and Herzegovina

Varna Necropolis Bulgaria

Necropolis Cemetery - one of Toronto's oldest cemeteries Canada

Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor
Ming Dynasty Tombs China

Stara Novalja Croatia

Colón Necrópolis (Havana)
Necropolis de San Carlos Borromeo (Matanzas) Cuba

Amathus Cyprus

Cairo
Great Pyramid of Giza
Memphis
Saqqara
Siwa Oasis Egypt

Alyscamps (Arles)
The Panthéon (Paris)
Père Lachaise Cemetery (Paris)
Saint Denis Basilica (Saint-Denis) France

Beth_She'arim Israel

Cerveteri
Lipari (Aeolian Islands)
Locri
Pantalica
Taranto Italy

Nirvana Memorial Park Malaysia

Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni Malta

Chellah Morocco

Makli Hill (Thatta)
Chaukundi Near (Karachi) Peru

Kremlin Wall Necropolis Russia

Brookwood Cemetery
London Necropolis railway station
London Necropolis Company
Glasgow Necropolis United Kingdom

Antalya
Pamukkale Turkey

Colma, California Vatican City

Cemetery
Catacombs
Crypt
Mausoleum