Mykines, Greece
EO Mikinon Fichtion
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Elegant and unexpectedly sophisticated. Contrast between dark interior and bright Greek landscape makes you feel you had crossed line between this and other World.
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It is one of the largest and most perfect Mycenaean vaulted tombs and the most impressive of the nine found in Mycenae. It dates between 1350 and 1250 BC. and is considered one of the most mature specimens of the type. It is certain that it was used for the burial of an important member of the royal family of Mycenae. To this day, the tomb is also known as the \treasure of Atreus\ or the \tomb of Agamemnon\.
What a fascinating place to see and experience. Just how did they build this! It will leave you scratching your head.
The look of it is just fascinating in various aspects. One, the sheer size of it - its huge with a conical corbel roof. Two, its setting - its set along the slopes of the hill and is meant to be covered by soil and the whole structure is supposed to look like a part of the hill, submerged into the hill!
The largest Mycenaean tholos, sober and simple, but no less impressive because of that! This dome tomb from the 13th century BC. is known as the Treasury of Atreus or the Tomb of Agamemnon, but this is the result of Heinrich Schliemann's misinterpretation of a text by Pausianus. With a diameter of 14.5m and a height of 13.5m, this dome tomb has had the largest (known) dome in the world for over a thousand years. If you walk \into\ the hill in which the tomb is built, via the 36 meter long dromos (access road), you will arrive at the gate which is crowned by a 120-ton lintel and the characteristic triangular relief arch. Once inside, one finds oneself in a now empty and bare crypt, but in its heyday the walls of the dromos and tholos were richly decorated with v-patterns, spiral motifs and rosettes. The dome itself was covered with metal on the inside to represent the sky. Although no legendary king found his final resting place here, this tholos is one of the most impressive monuments surviving from the Mycenaean period due to its monumental size and grandeur and well worth a visit!
A unique archaeological place. One of the very few in the globe..
Good example of bee hive style dome construction.
Tomb of Agamemnon Or The Treasury of Atreus Is the largest tholos tomb on Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC. It is one of the most impressive monuments surviving from the Mycenaean period. Mycenaean civilization was the last phase of the Bronze Age in Ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1600–1100 BC. The lintel stone above the doorway weighs 120 tons. With an interior height of 13.5m and a diameter of 14.5m, it was the tallest and widest dome in the world for over a thousand years until construction of the Temple of Mercury in Baiae and the Pantheon in Rome. Great care was taken in the positioning of the enormous stones, to guarantee the vault's stability over time in bearing the force of compression from its own weight.
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