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The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes.
Michael Heizer

Meaning of "tumuli" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF TUMULI

tumuli  [ˈtjuːmjʊlaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TUMULI

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Tumuli is a noun.
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WHAT DOES TUMULI MEAN IN ENGLISH?

tumuli

Tumulus

A tumulus is a mound of earth and stones raised over a grave or graves. Tumuli are also known as barrows, burial mounds, Hügelgräber or kurgans, and can be found throughout much of the world. A cairn, might also be originally a tumulus. A long barrow is a long tumulus, usually for numbers of burials. The method of inhumation may involve a dolmen, a cist, a mortuary enclosure, a mortuary house or a chamber tomb. Examples of barrows include Duggleby Howe and Maeshowe. The word tumulus is Latin for 'mound' or 'small hill', from the Proto-Indo-European root *teuh2- with extended zero grade *tum-, 'to bulge, swell' also found in tumor, thumb, thigh and thousand.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TUMULI


altocumuli
ˌæltəʊˈkjuːmjʊlaɪ
annuli
ˈænjʊlaɪ
apply
əˈplaɪ
butterfly
ˈbʌtəˌflaɪ
colliculi
kəˈlɪkjʊlaɪ
comply
kəmˈplaɪ
Eli
ˈiːlaɪ
fly
flaɪ
gladioli
ˌɡlædɪˈəʊlaɪ
hamuli
ˈhæmjʊlaɪ
July
dʒuːˈlaɪ
lie
laɪ
nucleoli
ˌnjuːklɪˈəʊlaɪ
rely
rɪˈlaɪ
reply
rɪˈplaɪ
stimuli
ˈstɪmjʊlaɪ
stratocumuli
ˌstrætəʊˈkjuːmjʊlaɪ
strophuli
ˈstrɒfjʊlaɪ
supply
səˈplaɪ
tituli
ˈtɪtjʊlaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TUMULI

tumorous
tumour
tumour-like
tump
tumphy
tumpline
tumpy
tumshie
tumular
tumulose
tumulosity
tumulous
tumult
tumultuary
tumultuate
tumultuation
tumultuous
tumultuously
tumultuousness
tumulus

WORDS THAT END LIKE TUMULI

calculi
cirrocumuli
cumuli
famuli
fractocumuli
Friuli
funiculi
glomeruli
lapis lazuli
lazuli
limuli
Luthuli
moduli
patchouli
Pauli
puli
reguli
Reticuli
ventriculi
vox populi

Synonyms and antonyms of tumuli in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translator English - Chinese

古墓
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

túmulos
570 millions of speakers

English

tumuli
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

tumuli
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدافن تلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

курганы
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mamoas
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

tumuli
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

tumuli
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tumuli
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Hügelgräber
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

古墳
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고분
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tumuli
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tumuli
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

tumuli
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

टुमुली
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

tümülüsler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

tumuli
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

kurhany
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

кургани
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tumuli
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

τύμβοι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tumuli
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

tumuli
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

tumuli
5 millions of speakers

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about tumuli

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Michael Heizer
The trouble is, once you say something about a source, then you've pegged it down, and so now I'm reluctant to say anything. If I say I developed 50 different shapes from Mississippian tumuli, that doesn't mean they're copies of tumuli - I'm not ripping off those shapes.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TUMULI»

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Gordion Excavations Final Reports: The Lesser Phrygian ...
This volume contains the excavation report for 15 inhumation burials from the Phrygian site of Gordion in central Anatolia.
E. L. Kohler, 1995
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The Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age, ...
Chronology: The absolute date of the R-Graves and the relative chronology of the tumuli have been the subject of long-standing debate. Do ̈rpfeld's eagerness to find Homeric remains on the island made him assign his cemetery to the ...
Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood, 1999
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African Civilizations: An Archaeological Perspective
It is the earthen tumuli, however, dating principally to the late first and early second millennium (S.K. McIntosh and R.J. McIntosh 1986b: 428-9, 432; 1988: 1 16-17) that have provided the most relevant evidence for our inquiry. Both the size of ...
Graham Connah, 2001
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The Megalithic Culture of Melanesia
On He des Pins, Compton and Mialaret found about fifty dome-shaped tumuli of earth, 20 feet in diameter and 6 to 8 feet high. Excavations furnished nothing of interest, and the natives were ignorant of the purpose of these tumuli. Sarasin ...
Alphonse Riesenfeld, 1950
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The Archaeology of Japan: From the Earliest Rice Farming ...
when the earlier four of the eight tumuli – the Horaisan, the Saki-Misasagiyama ( approximately 207 metres), the Saki-Ishizukayama (approxim- ately 218 metres) and the Gosashi tumuli (approx- imately 275 metres)23 – were successively con-  ...
Koji Mizoguchi, 2013
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A Bibliographical Account of the Principal Works Relating to ...
34. 7. Plan of Pen Pits. p. 35. 8. Tumuli, Plate I. Selwood. — Chaddenwich. p. 39. 9. Camp in Stourton Park and on White Sheet Hill. p. 43. 10. Tumuli, Plate II. Mere Down. p. 44. 1 1. Tumuli, Plate III. Kingston Deverill. p. 46. 1 2. Tumuli, Plate IV.
William Upcott, 1818
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What is a Volcano?
Lava flow fields bear characteristic surface morphological features such as tumuli , sky rise, whale- back humps, lava tubes, and pressure ridges (Kilburn, 2000). Among these features, tumuli are whaleback-shaped uplifts and are common in ...
Edgardo Canon-Tapia, Alexandru Szakács, 2010
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Couched in Death: Klinai and Identity in Anatolia and Beyond
In Lydia, evidence for klinai is found in many of the tumuli that dot the Lydian landscape and in chamber tombs carved into the soft conglomerate of the “ Nekropolis” hill at Sardis, the Lydian capital. Tumuli are found along routes of travel and in ...
Elizabeth P. Baughan, 2013
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European Societies in the Bronze Age
... people came specifically for the purpose of burying the dead. Still more remarkable is the situation of the group of tumuli in the Kupresko polje (upland basin) in southern Bosnia, and specifically the tumuli at Pustopolje.107 Although these ...
A. F. Harding, 2000
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The Archaeology of Late Antique Sudan
THE TUMULI The royal tombs at Qustul and Ballana were covered by tumuli as grave markers. Indeed, many early travellers through this area of Lower Nubia thought that the mounds were topographic features in the natural environment.
Rachael J. Dann

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TUMULI»

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Tumuli - grobni humci iz starijeg željeznog doba
Na arheološkom lokalitetu Kagovac u Vetovu, kraj Požege privode se kraju istraživanja prvog od 13 otkivenih grobnih humaka - tumula iz starijeg željeznog ... «Hrvatska radiotelevizija, Jul 15»
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The Thracian burial tumulus Malka Arsenalka mound, dated back …
Known as tumuli, the burial mounds are the only remnants of the Thracian civilisation that inhabited the Balkan Peninsula from the 2nd millennium BC to the 3rd ... «NEWS.com.au, Jul 15»
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Bulgaria`s Valley of Thracian Kings keeps its secrets
Known as tumuli, the burial mounds are the only remnants of the Thracian civilisation that inhabited the Balkan peninsula from the 2nd millennium BC to the 3rd ... «Zee News, Jul 15»
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Nog steeds geen geld van Monumentenprijs voor Tumuli
Tienen - Minister Geert Bourgeois (N-VA) stelt vast dat het geld van de Monumentenprijs nog niet is uitbetaald. En tien jaar na de feiten wil de Stichting ... «Het Nieuwsblad, Jul 15»
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Verschillende steden werken aan opwaardering tumuli
De eeuwenoude grafheuvel is in ere hersteld door het verwijderen van de verwilderde vegetatie. 'De herwaardering van de verschillende tumuli past in het ... «Het Nieuwsblad, Jun 15»
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3de graad GBS Tumuli ruimt op
Tongeren - Op vrijdagnamiddag 20 maart namen de leerlingen van het 5de en 6de leerjaar van GBS Tumuli deel aan de jaarlijkse opruimactie. De leerlingen ... «Het Belang van Limburg, Mar 15»
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Scavi ospedale, forse anche altri tumuli
(ANSA) - AOSTA, 18 MAR - "Potrebbero esserci altri tumuli ad est", analoghi a quello del guerriero celtico ritrovato ad Aosta nel cantiere per l'ampliamento ... «ANSA.it, Mar 15»
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Ipswich Icons: Early airfield at Martlesham was the base for Battle of …
These are marked on the Ordnance Survey map as tumuli and stretch over a wide triangular area between All Saints in Kesgrave, St John's in Brightwell and St ... «Ipswich Star, Feb 15»
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Des tumuli de Frizet aux mines de pyrite
Son livre commence aux origines, aux invasions romaines, aux villas de Berlacomine et du Rond-Chêne, aux tumuli du bois des Tombes. L'auteur raconte ... «lavenir.net, Nov 14»
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Tumuli di asfalto scoperti nelle profondità marine dell'Africa
Tumuli di asfalto scoperti nelle profondità marine dell'Africa – Questa volta l'uomo non ha colpe specifiche, ma è la natura che si è 'divertita' nel creare dei ... «Centro Meteo Italiano, Nov 14»

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