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TUMULUS , a Latin word meaning a
heap or See also:mound, also used in classical
writings in the secondary sense of a
See also:grave. In See also:Roman epitaphs we meet
with the See also:formula tumulum faciendum
curavit, meaning the grave and its
See also:monument; and on the inscribed
monumental stones placed over the
See also:early See also:Christian See also:graves of See also:Gaul and
See also:Britain the phrase in hoc tumulo facet expresses the same See also:idea.
But among archaeologists the word is usually restricted
in its technical See also:modern application to a sepulchral mound
of greater or less magnitude. The mound may be of See also:earth,
or of stones with a covering of earth, or may be entirely
composed of stones. In the latter See also:case, if the tumulus of stones
covers a megalithic See also:cist or a sepulchral chamber with a passage
leading into it from the outside, it is often called a dolmen.
(See See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
STONE MONUMENTS, See also:BARROW and See also:CAIRN.) The See also:custom of
constructing sepulchral tumuli was widely prevalent throughout
the prehistoric ages and is referred to in the early literature
of various races as a fitting See also:commemoration of the illustrious
dead. Prehistoric tumuli are found abundantly in almost all
parts of See also:Europe and See also:Asia from Britain to See also:Japan. They occur
with frequency also in See also:northern See also:Africa, and in many parts of
See also:North and See also:South See also:America the aboriginal populations have
practised similar customs. Sepulchral tumuli, however, vary
so much in shape and See also:size that the See also:external See also:appearance is no
criterion of See also:age or origin. In North America, especially in the
See also:Wisconsin region, there are numerous mounds made in shapes
resembling the figures of animals, birds or even human forms.
These have not been often found to be sepulchral, but they are
associated with sepulchral mounds of the See also:ordinary See also:form, some
of which are as much as 300 ft. in See also:diameter and 90 ft. in height.
Perhaps the largest tumulus on See also:record is the See also:tomb of See also:Alyattes, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Lydia, situated near See also:Sardis, constructed in his own See also:life-See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time, before 56o B.c. It is a huge mound, 118o ft. in diameter and 200 ft. high. In south-eastern Europe, and especially in See also:southern See also:Russia, the sepulchral tumuli are very numerous and often of See also:great size, reaching occasionally to 400 ft. in circumference and over roo ft.-in height. These are mostly of the See also:period of the See also:Greek colonies of the Tauric See also:Chersonese, dating from about the 5th See also:century B.C. to about the and century A.D., and their contents See also:bear striking testimony to the See also:wealth and culture of the See also:people who reared them.
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