<< Our Photo Pages >> Treasury of Atreus - Chambered Cairn in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula
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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Treasury of Atreus Alternative Name: Tholos of AtreusCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Nafplio Nearest Village: Agios Vasilios
Latitude: 37.726820N Longitude: 22.754130E
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 |
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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 |
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Exceptionaly large and intact Tholos near Mycenae dating to about 1250 BCE and used over a longish period of time. Carefully trimmed rectangular conglomerate blocks where built into the hill in a beehive shape with a triangular 35 metre Dromos at the front. The tomb has a diameter of nearly 15 metres and a height of 14 metres. A megalithic 9.5 metre long and 1.2 metre wide lintel covers the 5.4 metre tall and 2.7 metre wide entrance. There is a small chamber to the right of the main chamber.
The tomb was pillaged in antiquity but was attributed to Atreus since then.
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