chamber tomb

noun

, Archaeology.

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of chamber tomb¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

In 1895 Dr. Tsountas found twenty arrow-heads of bronze, ten in each bundle, in a Mycenaean chamber tomb.

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Then we find the chamber-tomb of Den Semti at Abydos with a granite floor, the walls being still of brick.

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The famous Men-an-tol in Cornwall may well be all that is left of a chamber-tomb of some kind.

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