Built in c. 1250 BC the Tomb of Clytemnestra with its imposing façade is together with the Treasury of Atreus the most monumental tomb of that type. A number of …

Andy

January 30, 2023

Hiking

Among the royal burial chambers, the tomb of Clytemnestra deserves special attention. A 35 m long corridor leads to the gate, above the carved marble lintel there is a hollow relief triangle, which takes the weight of the canopy from the lintel. The vault of the huge round building reaches a height of almost 13 m. Also note the slightly curved shape of the lintel, which is adapted to the shape of the dome.

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February 15, 2019

Cycling

What the German archeologist Heinrich Schliemann excitedly celebrated as his discovery of the graves of the fabled king Agamenon and his wife are now considered as a 3300 years old 'beehive' grave of the late Mycenaean and a 3500 years old tomb of members of the ruling elite and wealthy merchant families.

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