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<< Our Photo Pages >> Galatas Mycenaean Tombs - Cairn in Greece in Peloponnese Peninsula

Submitted by AlexHunger on Monday, 30 October 2006  Page Views: 3344

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Country: Greece
NOTE: This site is 9.145 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: Peloponnese Peninsula Type: Cairn
Nearest Town: Argos  Nearest Village: Galatás
Latitude: 37.489753N  Longitude: 23.408840E
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
no data Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3
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Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : closeup of megali magoula (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cairn in Peloponnese Peninsula

A group of 7 Mycenaean chamber tombs excavated at the site of Apatheia on the north slopes of the ridge of Aderes, 1 km south of the Galatas-Troizina road. Numerous artefacts were found.
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Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : The entrance dromos to the best preserved (Vote or comment on this photo)

Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : a close-up (Vote or comment on this photo)

Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : The first and best preserved (Vote or comment on this photo)

Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : Not much left of this one. Maybe it was a stone circle, not a tholos. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Galatas Mycenaean Tombs
Galatas Mycenaean Tombs submitted by tombraider : four or five tholoi in various stages of decay running along the top of the hill. known as Megali Magoulia.

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