Once or twice under the foothills I glimpsed the mound of a kurgan, broken open like the lips of a volcano – the burial-place of a tribal chief, perhaps, or the milestone of some lost nomad advance.

在山麓小丘之下，我瞥见了一两个坟头，坟头已经裂开，样子与火山口相仿——也许，它是部落首领的埋葬之地，或者就是某个迷失的游牧开拓者的一座里程碑。

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He did not seem to notice a small cornfield where someone had dug a burial mound of fresh red dirt.

他没有注意到在一块玉米地上正有人在那新鲜的红土地上挖出个洞，来埋葬尸体。

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He found himself beside a burial mound next morning when he woke up.

第二天早晨醒来时他发现自己躺在一个坟堆边。

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Archaeologists are carrying out tests on human remains found on an Essex burial mound more than 100 years ago.

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It was once thought the hill was a burial mound, but no grave has been found and its purpose is unknown.

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"These stones may have provided an inspiration for the Barrow-downs, where the hobbits in The Lord Of The Rings are ensnared by a malevolent wraith that haunts a barrow or burial mound, " said Mr Garth.

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