The largest Mycenaean tholos, sober and simple, but no less impressive because of that! This dome tomb from the 13th century BC. is known as the Treasury of Atreus or the Tomb of Agamemnon, but this is the result of Heinrich Schliemann's misinterpretation of a text by Pausianus. With a diameter of 14.5m and a height of 13.5m, this dome tomb has had the largest (known) dome in the world for over a thousand years. If you walk "into" the hill in which the tomb is built, via the 36 meter long...

I was amazed by the treasure of atreus when I visited Mycenae, Greece. It is a tholos tomb, a circular structure with a domed roof, that dates back to the Bronze Age. It is also known as the tomb of Agamemnon, the legendary king of Mycenae who fought in the Trojan War. I was impressed by the size and design of the tomb. It has a long passageway that leads to a deep doorway that opens into a burial chamber. The chamber is covered by a corbelled dome that is the largest of its kind in the...

This magnificent Tholos (vaulted) Tomb is the second in size and the best preserved of the great ancient Greek civilization of the bronze age we know today as Mycenean. Though many call it the tomb of Agamemnon, the well-known Anax (king) whose name and renown has come to us through the works of Homer, it predates the period of his reign by some decades (1300-1250 BC). Thus it most likely belongs to his renowned father, Anax Atreus, a powerful ruler whose exploits were overshadowed by the...