"necropoleis" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2000, Thelma Katrina Thomas, Late Antique Egyptian Funerary Sculpture: images for this world and the next, page XXIX:",
          "text": "Ancient necropoleis were cities for the dead where the dead might be active in this world, appearing, speaking, and performing actions that could be perceived by and affect the living.",
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