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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Tholos Of Aegistus Alternative Name: Tomb Of AegistusCountry: Greece Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Chambered Cairn
Nearest Town: Nafplio Nearest Village: Agios Vasilios
Latitude: 37.730390N Longitude: 22.755510E
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 |
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| 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 |
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bat400 visited on 1st May 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 4
Large Tholos attributed to Aegistus, murderer of Agamemnon and lover of Clytaemnestra, by Schlieman but dating to about 1500 BCE, well before the Trojan war. It is in fact believed to be one of the oldest tombs at Mycenae. It has a beehive structure with a diameter of 13 metres while the original height is believed to have been 13 metres, although the top could not be restored. The dromos is 22 metres long and 4.5 metres wide. The entrance is 5 metres tall and 2 metres wide.
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