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Plural
sepulchers
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a chamber made out of rock, used as a tomb for dead people in the past
- The excavation team plans to carefully open the sepulcher to examine the burial site.
- Future excavations may uncover another sepulcher, offering new insights into ancient funerary customs.
- The sepulcher, built into the mountainside, serves as a testament to the past civilization's burial practices.
- The archaeologists discovered a sepulcher deep in the cave, thought to belong to an ancient royal family.
- Inside the sepulcher, the remains of the deceased were carefully preserved in stone.
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