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Remains of the tholos tomb at Vaphio in 1990 Vaphio , Vafio or Vapheio is an ancient site in Laconia , Greece , on the right bank of the Eurotas , some 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Sparta . It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas .
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon [1] is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. [ 2 ] It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to have been constructed in the Aegean Bronze Age , and one of the last to have been built in the Argolid .
In 1991 archaeologist Lazaros Kolonas, excavating in the Broutzi area of Tzanata, discovered a tholos (beehive) tomb from the Mycenaean period measuring 6.80 meters in diameter. [2] Some claim that it is the burial place of Odysseus ; others believe it to be the tomb of earlier royalty, circa 1400 BC.
(Reuters) - Archaeologists have unearthed a vast ancient tomb inGreece, distinguished by two sphinxes and frescoed walls and dating to 300-325 B.C., in the country's northeast Macedonian region ...
The area around Poros was certainly inhabited during the period when Mycenae was all-powerful, evidenced by the discovery, in 1991, of a tholos (Beehive tomb) in nearby Tzanata. The size of the tomb, the nature of the burial offerings found there and its well chosen position point to the existence of an important Mycenaean town in the vicinity.
Above the beach is Nestor's Cave and above this are the ruins of thirteenth-century Frankish castle (Old Navarino or Palaiokastro). [5] Overlooking the beach at the north eastern end is the tomb of Nestor's son, Thrasymedes of the Mycenaean period (1680–1060 BC) with Neolithic finds at the same site showing occupation as early as 4000 BC.
The most monumental of these with imposing façades are the Treasury of Atreus and the Tomb of Clytemnestra. The latter built in c. 1250 BC was the last tomb of this type in the region. [2] It is also one of the representative examples of Mycenaean tholos tombs together with the Treasury of Atreus and the Tomb of the Genii. [3]
The Tomb of Minyas is one of the greatest burial monuments of the Mycenaean period. [11] The tomb was probably built for the members of the royal family of Orchomenos in 1250 BC and was plundered in antiquity. The monument was visible for many centuries after its original use and even became a place of worship in the Hellenistic period.