Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The great Mycenean tholos tombs













Excavations in the Treasury of Atreus
by Schliemann and his wife Sophia (1875).

From Henry Schliemann's book "Mycenae"
(London, 1878)

































The great tholos tomb "Treasury of Atreus"


































The tomb of Clytaemnestra
































The tomb of Aegisthos































Tomb of the Lions

































Tomb of the Lions - The lintel consists of three blocks
































Tomb of the Lions - The upper part of the tholos has collapsed


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