# List of necropolises

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This is a list of [necropolises](/source/Necropolis) sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern [cemeteries](/source/Cemetery), this list includes only ancient necropoleis, generally founded no later than approximately 1500 AD. Because almost every city in the ancient world had a necropolis, this list does not aim to be complete. It only lists the most notable necropoleis.

## List of necropolises by country

### Algeria

- [Jedars](/source/Jedars)
- [Nepasa](/source/Nepasa)
- [Roknia](/source/Roknia)

### Austria

- [Burgstallkogel](/source/Burgstallkogel_(Sulm_valley))

### Bosnia and Herzegovina

- [Radimlja](/source/Radimlja)
- [Mramorje](/source/Mramorje_(Peru%C4%87ac))

### Brazil

- [Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier](/source/Caju_Cemetery)

### Bulgaria

- [Varna Necropolis](/source/Varna_Necropolis)

### China

- [Ming Dynasty Tombs](/source/Ming_Dynasty_Tombs)
- [Western Xia tombs](/source/Western_Xia_tombs)
- [Eastern Qing Tombs](/source/Eastern_Qing_Tombs)
- [Western Qing Tombs](/source/Western_Qing_Tombs)

### Colombia

- [San Agustin Archaeological Park](/source/San_Agustin_Archaeological_Park)

### Cyprus

- [Tombs of the Kings](/source/Tombs_of_the_Kings_(Paphos))

### Egypt

- [Abusir](/source/Abusir)
- [Bagawat](/source/Kharga_Oasis#Archaeological_sites)
- [Dahshur](/source/Dahshur)
- [Giza Necropolis](/source/Giza_Necropolis)
- [Qubbet el-Hawa](/source/Qubbet_el-Hawa)
- [Saqqara](/source/Saqqara)
- [Siwa Oasis](/source/Siwa_Oasis)
- [Theban Necropolis](/source/Theban_Necropolis)
- [Umm el-Qa'ab](/source/Umm_el-Qa'ab)
- [Minya](/source/Minya,_Egypt)[1]

### France

- [Alyscamps](/source/Alyscamps)
- [Civaux](/source/Civaux)
- [Père Lachaise Cemetery](/source/P%C3%A8re_Lachaise_Cemetery)
- [Necropolis of Bougon](/source/Tumulus_of_Bougon)
- [Pantheon](/source/Panth%C3%A9on)

### Germany

- [Necropolis of Soderstorf](/source/Necropolis_of_Soderstorf)
- [Oldendorfer Totenstatt](/source/Oldendorfer_Totenstatt)

### Greece

- [Kerameikos](/source/Kerameikos)
- [Mycenae](/source/Mycenae)
- [Vergina](/source/Vergina)
- [Amphipolis](/source/Kasta_Tomb)
- [Marathon](/source/Marathon_tumuli)

### Guatemala

- [North Acropolis, Tikal](/source/North_Acropolis,_Tikal)

### India

- [Qutb Shahi tombs](/source/Qutb_Shahi_tombs)
- [Barid Shahi tombs](/source/Barid_Shahi_tombs)

### Iran

- [Naqsh-e Rustam](/source/Naqsh-e_Rustam)

### Iraq

- [Wadi-us-Salaam](/source/Wadi-us-Salaam), reputedly the largest cemetery in the world.[2]

### Israel

- [Beit She'arim](/source/Beit_She'arim_National_Park)
- [Mount of Olives](/source/Mount_of_Olives)

### Italy

- [Cerveteri](/source/Cerveteri)
- [Gaudo culture](/source/Gaudo_culture) necropolis
- [Marzabotto](/source/Marzabotto)
- [Necropolis of Monte Luna](/source/Necropolis_of_Monte_Luna)
- [Necropolis of Monterozzi](/source/Necropolis_of_Monterozzi)
- [Necropolis of Pantalica](/source/Necropolis_of_Pantalica)
- [Norchia](/source/Norchia)
- [Tuvixeddu necropolis](/source/Tuvixeddu_necropolis)

### Lebanon

- [Royal necropolis of Byblos](/source/Royal_necropolis_of_Byblos)
- [Tyre Necropolis](/source/Tyre_Necropolis)

### Libya

- [Necropolis of Cyrene](/source/Necropolis_of_Cyrene)

### Malta

- [Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni](/source/Hypogeum_of_%C4%A6al-Saflieni)

### Morocco

- [Chellah](/source/Chellah)

### North Macedonia

- [Saint Erasmus](/source/Saint_Erasmus,_Ohrid)

### Pakistan

- [Chaukundi](/source/Chaukundi)
- [Makli Hill](/source/Makli_Hill)

### Peru

- [Necropolis of Wari Kayan](/source/Wari_Kayan)

### Russia

- [*City of the Dead* near Dargavs](/source/Dargavs)
- [Kremlin Wall Necropolis](/source/Kremlin_Wall_Necropolis)

### Somalia

- [Hafun](/source/Hafun)

### Spain

- [El Maipes necropolis](/source/El_Maipes_necropolis)
- El Castillo - [Palacios de la Sierra](/source/Palacios_de_la_Sierra): Biggest in Europe
- [Necropolis Son Real](/source/Necropolis_Son_Real) Mallorca

### Syria

- [Necropolis of Emesa](/source/Necropolis_of_Emesa)
- [Valley of Tombs](/source/Valley_of_Tombs)

### Turkey

- [Bin Tepe](/source/Bin_Tepe)
- [Tombs of the kings of Pontus](/source/Tombs_of_the_kings_of_Pontus)
- [Karacaahmet Cemetery](/source/Karacaahmet_Cemetery)
- [Eyüp Cemetery](/source/Ey%C3%BCp_Cemetery)
- [Hierapolis necropoleis](/source/Hierapolis_necropoleis)
- [Lycian necropoleis](/source/Lycian_necropoleis)

### Ukraine

- [Caves of The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra](/source/Kyiv_Pechersk_Lavra#Caves)

### United States

- [Colma, California](/source/Colma,_California)

### Uzbekistan

- [Bahoutdin Architectural Complex](/source/Bahoutdin_Architectural_Complex)

### Vatican City

- [Vatican Necropolis](/source/Vatican_Necropolis)

## References

1. [Ancient Egyptian necropolis contains 'message from afterlife'](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-43196877), BBC News (February 26, 2018).

1. Hala Mundhir Fattah & Frank Caso (2009). [*A brief history of Iraq*](https://books.google.com/books?id=Q_-hrXU-mWYC&pg=PA140). Infobase Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-8160-5767-2. Retrieved 18 October 2010.

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