City of the Dead or The City of the Dead may refer to:
Places
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City of the Dead (Cairo)
The City of the Dead, or Cairo Necropolis, also referred to as the Qarafa ( ar, القرافة, al-Qarafa; locally pronounced as ''al-'arafa''), is a series of vast Islamic-era necropolises and cemetery, cemeteries in Cairo, Egypt. They extend t ...
, a cemetery and neighbourhood in Cairo, Egypt
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Dargavs
Dargavs ( os, Дæргъæвс, ''Dærğæws'') is a settlement in Prigorodny District of the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania, Russia, located on the Gizeldon River. Dargavs was a center of the Ossetian province of Tagauria.
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necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
, an Alanian burial site in North Ossetia-Alania, Russia, referred to as "City of the dead"
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Dead Cities
The Dead Cities ( ar, المدن الميتة) or Forgotten Cities ( ar, المدن المنسية) are a group of 700 abandoned settlements in northwest Syria between Aleppo and Idlib. Around 40 villages grouped in eight archaeological parks si ...
, a group of abandoned settlements in Northwest Syria
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El Tajín, a pre-Columbian archeological site in Mexico whose original name is claimed to have been Mictlan or "place of the dead"
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Myra
Myra ( grc, Μύρα, ''Mýra'') was a Lycian, then ancient Greek, then Greco-Roman, then Byzantine Greek, then Ottoman town in Lycia, which became the small Turkish town of Kale, renamed Demre in 2005, in the present-day Antalya Province of ...
, a collection of Lycian rock-cut tombs in Antalya Province, Turkey
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Southern Necropolis, a cemetery in Glasgow, Scotland
Films
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''The City of the Dead'' (film), a 1960 British horror film which had the title ''Horror Hotel'' for the US release
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City of the Living Dead'', a 1980 horror film by Lucio Fulci
* ''City of the Walking Dead'', the US title for ''
Nightmare City''
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Gangs of the Dead'', a 2006 American horror film retitled ''City of the Dead'' for its German and Italian premieres
Novels
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''City of the Dead'' (novel), a 2005 novel by Brian Keene
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''The City of the Dead'' (novel), a 2001 ''Doctor Who'' novel
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Galaxy of Fear: City of the Dead'', a ''Star Wars'' novel by John Whitman
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Resident Evil: City of the Dead'', a 1999 novelisation of the video game ''Resident Evil 2''
Others
* "City of the Dead", a song by The Clash, the B-side to the "
Complete Control
"Complete Control" is a song by The Clash, released as a 7" single and featured on the U.S. release of their debut album.
Background
The song is often cited as one of punk's greatest singles and is a fiery polemic on record companies, manager ...
" single
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"City of the Dead" (song), a song by the Finnish rock band The Rasmus
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''City of the Dead'' (video game), a canceled video game based on George A. Romero's ''Dead'' series
See also
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Necropolis
A necropolis (plural necropolises, necropoles, necropoleis, necropoli) is a large, designed cemetery with elaborate tomb monuments. The name stems from the Ancient Greek ''nekropolis'', literally meaning "city of the dead".
The term usually im ...
, a term for a cemetery, derived from the Greek for "city of the dead"
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