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November 13, 2020
Hiking
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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