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A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.
The Archaeological Sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn [1] (Arabic: ٱلْمَوَاقِع ٱلْأَثَرِيَّة فِيْ بَات وَٱلْخُطْم وَٱلْعَيْن, romanized: Al-Mawāqiʿ al-Athariyyah fī Bāt wal-Khuṭm wal-ʿAyn) are a group of beehive tombs or necropolis from the Hafit period in the 3rd Millennium BC, located near a palm grove in Oman.
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 .
Articles relating to beehive tombs (tholoi tombs), burial structures characterized by their false dome created by corbelling, the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones. The resulting structures resemble a beehive, hence the traditional English name.
The third ancient tomb, however, was well-preserved and relatively untouched, the institute said. A photo shows this tomb, known as M3. A view into the 1,800-year-old tomb M3.
Most of the tombs were over 1,800 years old dating to the Eastern Han Dynasty, a period from 25 A.D. to 220 A.D., the release said. Nine of the tombs contained burial goods, archaeologists said.
Hafit period beehive tomb at Jebel Hafit. The Hafit period is marked by (and named for) the distinctive 'beehive' tombs first discovered around the area of Jebel Hafit in Al Ain. The period defines early Bronze Age human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period from 3,200 to 2,600 BC.
In the newer tombs, many from the Warring States Period of 475 to 221 B.C., archaeologists found jars, beans, bowls, cups and spears placed on top of brick tombs. One tomb was shaped like the ...