WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
WikiVisually
The entire wiki reimagined as a visual magazine with video discovery · Watch your interests come alive
Nature The World Movies USA Top Art Fine & Rare History Ivy & Inquiry
Tomb of Aegisthus
Videos
The Tomb of Aegisthus is a Mycenaean tholos tomb located near the citadel of Mycenae, Greece. It was constructed in the Late Helladic IIA period, approximately 1510–1450 BCE, and rediscovered in the 1
The façade of the Tomb of Aegisthus, showing the small relieving triangle above the lintel
The façade of the Tomb of Aegisthus, showing the small relieving triangle above the lintel
Part of the stomion, showing ashlar-masonry façade in front of rubble
Part of the stomion, showing ashlar-masonry façade in front of rubble
View looking over the tomb, down the dromos. The small relieving triangle is just visible over the inner lintel.
View looking over the tomb, down the dromos. The small relieving triangle is just visible over the inner lintel.
View of the inner wall of the dromos, showing the use of rubble masonry to line it
View of the inner wall of the dromos, showing the use of rubble masonry to line it
Treasury of Atreus
Videos
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece.
Tomb of Aegisthus
…remains a mystery: the name likely dates to the late 19th or early 20th centuries, by association with the nearby tholoi conventionally known as the Treasury of Atreus and the Tomb of Clytemnestra. At the time of its construction, the tomb was the largest of its kind in the Aegean region. The dating of the tomb was…
The dromos of the Treasury of Atreus
The dromos of the Treasury of Atreus
Atreus (left) serves Thyestes his sons' flesh, portrayed on a medieval manuscript c. 1410.
Atreus (left) serves Thyestes his sons' flesh, portrayed on a medieval manuscript c. 1410.
Pieces of red marble (rosso antico or lapis Taenarius) from the façade of the Treasury of Atreus, in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Pieces of red marble (rosso antico or lapis Taenarius) from the façade of the Treasury of Atreus, in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.
Drawing of the interior of the thalamos, published by Simone Pomardi [it] in 1820 after visiting the tomb in 1801–1806, prior to modern excavation.
Drawing of the interior of the thalamos, published by Simone Pomardi [it] in 1820 after visiting the tomb in 1801–1806, prior to modern excavation.