chamber tomb
nounArchaeology.
a type of late Neolithic to Bronze Age tomb found in Britain and Europe, usually of megaliths covered by mounds, sometimes decorated, and used for successive family or clan burials spanning a number of generations.
Origin of chamber tomb
1First recorded in 1890–95
- Compare dolmen, passage grave.
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How to use chamber tomb in a sentence
In 1895 Dr. Tsountas found twenty arrow-heads of bronze, ten in each bundle, in a Mycenaean chamber tomb.
Homer and His Age | Andrew LangThen we find the chamber-tomb of Den Semti at Abydos with a granite floor, the walls being still of brick.
History Of Egypt, Chalda, Syria, Babylonia, And Assyria In The Light Of Recent Discovery | L.W. King and H.R. HallThe famous Men-an-tol in Cornwall may well be all that is left of a chamber-tomb of some kind.
Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders | T. Eric Peet
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