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• n  (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs

• Workmen at once began to heap up an immense tumulus over the vault; and since no human foot is allowed to tread above an Emperor, the workmen had to be "purified" by a peculiar .
• The tumulus is still there, looming above the flat plain, a beacon and a challenge for China's archaeologists, a possible trove of treasures out-dazzling even those on exhibit .
• The boots one sees protruding from this tumulus of Orvis-catalogue kitsch are poor dead Thoreau's.

• burial mound
• grave mound
• barrow

News & Articles

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• News: Report: Former B2K Member Raz-B on Life Support Following Attack
  Raz-B has been having a tumulus time over the last few years, but this time it's no joke.
  Aug. 17, 2013 - Singersroom

Quotes

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• Thabo Mbeki in SABC News
  When you approach the building, it looks like an ancient hill, a tumulus. You journey on an underground lake and you are transported back to the beginning of time,Mbeki said, describing the centre.