[ noun ] a tract of land used for burials <noun.location>
Necropolis \Ne*crop"o*lis\, n.; pl. {Necropolises}. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; nekro`s a dead body, adj., dead + ? city.] A city of the dead; a name given by the ancients to their cemeteries, and sometimes applied to modern burial places; a graveyard.
Opponents argue the exhaust and viabrations will damage the ancient stones, and that the highway will prevent excavation of Roman archaeological treasures in the necropolis.
Highly carved figurines from Jaina, the island necropolis, have jointed limbs and detachable shields for the warriors, like Action Man dolls, as well as figures such as old women and hunchbacks who have much to tell archaeologists about Mayan society.