burial ground

noun

: an area of land where dead people have been buried
an ancient burial ground

Examples of burial ground in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Wander through Cave Hill Cemetery and Arboretum, Louisville’s historic burial ground, where the state’s biggest names, Colonel Harlan Sanders and Muhammad Ali, are buried. Julia Eskins, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 June 2024 In the winter, archaeologists announced the discovery of a pristine mural made of shells, stones, minerals and imported tiles near the Colosseum and an ancient Roman burial ground filled with precious jewelry, coins, amulets and pottery fragments in a town north of Rome. Ella Feldman, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024 The district will be located outside of the capital city of Bridgetown, next to the Newton Enslaved Burial Ground Memorial, a former sugar plantation and the site of the island’s largest and earliest slave burial ground. Tessa Solomon For Artnews, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2021 Archaeologists excavated an ancient burial ground in Turkistan, Kazakhstan, the Ozbekali Zhanibekov South Kazakhstan Pedagogical University said in a May 23 news release. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 29 May 2024 The burial ground, which dates back to the first and second centuries, is located in Berenike, a Red Sea port in southern Egypt built by Roman Emperor Tiberius. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2024 In 2001, archaeologists identified a slave burial ground about 2,000 feet from Monticello itself. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Baltimore Sun, 4 May 2024 An ancient Roman burial ground filled with treasure has been discovered in central Italy. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024 Unearthed during a pre-construction dig for a solar energy plant, the burial ground lies on a 52-acre plot of land north of Rome. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Jan. 2024

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“Burial ground.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/burial%20ground. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.

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