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A necropolis (plural: ''necropolises'' or ''necropoleis'') is a large Cemetery or burying-place, literally a "city of the dead". Apart from the occasional application of the word to modern cemeteries outside large towns, the term is chiefly used of burial grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. Probably, the oldest necropolis in the world is the Hypogeum Of Ħal-Saflieni in Paola , Malta which dates back to 2500 BC . Necropolises were built for many reasons. Sometimes their origin was purely religious: the civilization found in southern Tuscany and northern Lazio regions of Italy . In the Roman Empire , roads immediately outside towns therefore came to be lined with funerary monuments. Examples of this kind of necropolis can be found on the Appian Way just outside Rome and at the Alyscamps in Arles , France . During the 19th Century , necropolises enjoyed a revival spurred by the Victorian Fashion for large, elaborate memorials. The word is often used with a different connotation in Fantasy literature; for instance, it might refer to a city populated by Zombie s or other Undead creatures. SEE ALSO Death-related articles Austria
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