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Multi-periodSite Name: Hellenikon PyramidCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Pyramid / Mastaba
Nearest Town: Argos Nearest Village: Kefalari
Latitude: 37.587311N Longitude: 22.671413E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Pyramid in Peloponnese Peninsula
Pyramid at Hellenikon. The pyramids at Hellenikon and at Ligourio are known from reports by the 2nd century historian-traveller Pausanias. They are both made of carved megalithic (cyclopean) limestone rocks. The Hellenic pyramids are miniature in size compared to the Egyptian ones.
According to Pausanias the grandsons of Danaus, Proetus and Akrissius after the fratricidal war buried their dead relatives in the pyramid. It was a burial monument "polyandreion" and covered this monument with their bronze Argolid shields. The leaders and the soldiers for first time used shields.
With the method of optical thermoluminescence the monument was dated at 2730 BCE, the period in which metallurgy in Greece was in its peak. The archaeological excavations from the lower stratigraphy unearthed protohelladic II or Early Bronze Age findings.Because of the long-lasting presence of habitation in and around the pyramid there are artefacts from Classical, Hellenistic, Roman and Protochristian periods. The dating technique of thermoluminescence concerns the inter-block surfaces of the limestone building blocks and relies on the electron traps responsible for thermoluminescence in the surface layer of the carved limestone blocks have been bleached by sunlight prior to the blocks being incorporated into the structure.
The access to the Pyramid at Hellenikon is very easy, from Argos we go south to Kefalari which is an idyllic place with spring waters, rich vegetation and a neolithic cave.From Kefalari 3 kilometres to the village of Hellenikon at the left side of the road across from the church. Can't miss it.
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