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Treasury of Atreus
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The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece.
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.
Beehive tomb
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A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb, is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, s
Treasury of Atreus
…The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to have been constructed in the Aegean…
Cross section of Treasury of Atreus, a beehive tomb at Mycenae
Cross section of Treasury of Atreus, a beehive tomb at Mycenae
Dromos entrance to the Treasury of Atreus
Dromos entrance to the Treasury of Atreus
The Lion Tholos Tomb at Mycenae. Of note are the ashlar stomion (of conglomerate) and dromos while the chamber itself remains made of smaller stones,
The Lion Tholos Tomb at Mycenae. Of note are the ashlar stomion (of conglomerate) and dromos while the chamber itself remains made of smaller stones, placing the tomb in Wace's second group
Tholos of the Nuraghe Arrubiu
Tholos of the Nuraghe Arrubiu