Use of the word tumulus in a sentence example

tumulus

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TUMULUS, a Latin word meaning a heap or mound, also used in classical writings in the secondary sense of a grave. [Please select]

He left the pyramid and darted behind a tumulus. [Please select]

The skeletons are laid horizontally, with their heads generally towards the center and the feet towards the outside of the tumulus. [Please select]

On the south side of this tumulus, and not far from it, was a semicircular fosse, which, when I first saw it, was 6 feet deep. [Please select]

No visible trace of his work remains but a tiny hillock, a burial-mound, a tumulus. [Please select]

Near the summit he saw a heap of rock, probably an Aztec tumulus, six or seven feet high. [Please select]

He settled himself well upon the top of the tumulus and drew his machete. [Please select]

But Ned did not remain on the tumulus more than a few minutes longer. [Please select]

He hid behind a tumulus, half covered by the vegetation that had grown from its crevices. [Please select]

When these two reached the foot of the tumulus they stood still and stared upwards. [Please select]

She did not consider the little tumulus of Flora, but devoured the name of the builder. [Please select]

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