List of necropoleis

This is a list of necropoleis sorted by country. Although the name is sometimes also used for some modern cemeteries, 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 necropoleis by country

Algeria

Nepasa necropolis in Algeria

• Jedars
• Nepasa
• Roknia

Austria

• Burgstallkogel

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Radimlja
• Mramorje

Brazil

• Cemitério de São Francisco Xavier

Bulgaria

• Varna Necropolis

China

• Ming Dynasty Tombs
• Western Xia tombs
• Eastern Qing Tombs
• Western Qing Tombs

Colombia

• San Agustin Archaeological Park

Cyprus

• Tombs of the Kings

Egypt

• Abusir
• Bagawat
• Dahshur
• Giza Necropolis
• Qubbet el-Hawa
• Saqqara
• Siwa Oasis
• Theban Necropolis
• Umm el-Qa'ab
• Minya[1]

France

• Alyscamps
• Civaux
• Père Lachaise Cemetery
• Necropolis of Bougon
• Pantheon

Germany

• Necropolis of Soderstorf
• Oldendorfer Totenstatt

Greece

• Kerameikos
• Mycenae
• Vergina
• Amphipolis
• Marathon

Guatemala

• North Acropolis, Tikal

India

• Qutb Shahi tombs
• Barid Shahi tombs

Iran

• Naqsh-e Rustam

Naqsh-e Rustam in Iran

Iraq

• Wadi-us-Salaam, reputedly the largest cemetery in the world.[2]

Panorama of Wadi-us-Salaam in Iraq

Israel and the West Bank

• Beit She'arim
• Mount of Olives

Italy

View of the Etruscan necropolis of Banditaccia in Cerveteri, Italy

• Cerveteri
• Gaudo culture necropolis
• Marzabotto
• Necropolis of Monterozzi
• Necropolis of Pantalica
• Norchia

Lebanon

View of the Tyre Necropolis in Lebanon

• Tyre Necropolis

Libya

• Necropolis of Cyrene

Malta

• Hypogeum of Ħal-Saflieni

Morocco

Part interior of the Chellah necropolis near Rabat, Morocco

• Chellah

North Macedonia

• Saint Erasmus

Pakistan

Chaukundi necropolis near Karachi, Pakistan

• Chaukundi
• Makli Hill

Peru

• Necropolis of Wari Kayan

Russia

• Kremlin Wall Necropolis

Somalia

• Hafun

Spain

• El Maipes necropolis
• El Castillo - Palacios de la Sierra: Biggest in Europe

Syria

• Necropolis of Emesa
• Valley of Tombs

Turkey

• Tombs of the kings of Pontus
• Karacaahmet Cemetery
• Eyüp Cemetery
• Hierapolis necropoleis
• Lycian necropoleis

Ukraine

• Caves of The Kyiv Pechersk Lavra

Uzbekistan

• Bahoutdin Architectural Complex

Vatican City

• Vatican Necropolis

References

1. Ancient Egyptian necropolis contains 'message from afterlife', BBc News (February 26, 2018).
2. Hala Mundhir Fattah; Frank Caso (2009). A brief history of Iraq. Infobase Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-8160-5767-2. Retrieved 18 October 2010.