Treasury of Atreus

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The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is an impressive “tholos” tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the Panagitsa Hill) constructed around 1250 BCE. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons. The tomb was used for an unknown period of time.

Keywords

Greek, greece, Mycenae, treasury of atreus, tomb of agamemnon, tholos, beehive tomb, false dome

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Greek Architecture, Death Care

Source

A. D. F. Hamlin College Histories of Art History of Architecture (New York, NY: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1915)

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