A superburial is similar to a
mass grave
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, but is a term typically used by
archaeologist
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s to denote an area of dense burial activity without the negative
connotation
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A connotation is frequently described as either positive or ...
s often associated with mass graves. A superburial may also span a much longer time period than is typical for a mass grave, such as a
cemetery
A cemetery, burial ground, gravesite, graveyard, or a green space called a memorial park or memorial garden, is a place where the remains of many death, dead people are burial, buried or otherwise entombed. The word ''cemetery'' (from Greek ...
in constant use for centuries.
List of superburials under current excavation (far from complete)
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Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings, also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings, is an area in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the Eighteenth Dynasty to the Twentieth Dynasty, rock-cut tombs were excavated for pharaohs and power ...
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Ban Non Wat
Ban Non Wat is a village in Thailand, in the Non Sung district, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, located near the small city of Phimai. It has been the subject of excavation since 2002. The cultural sequence encompasses 11 prehistoric phases, which ...
See also
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List of archaeological sites sorted by country
References
Archaeological features
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