A wall on the passageway at the entrance to the Tomb of Agamemnon
Passageway wall at the entrance to the Tomb of Agamemnon
The image shows the wall on the right side of the passageway at the entrance to the Tomb of Agamemnon (also known as Treasury of Atreus) located near the Mycenae citadel in the Peloponnese Peninsula of Greece.
As you can see from the image, most of the stones are rectangular, but there are some polygonal stones as well. The stones were cut precisely to fit the wall, and despite the differences in their sizes and shapes, it appears no mortar was used to bind them.
The Agamemnon Tomb owes its name to its discoverer Heinrich Schliemann, who assumed that the tomb was built for King Agamemnon of the Trojan war fame. However, there is no evidence to suggest that the tomb belonged to King Agamemnon. In fact, it was built well before his time.
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Interior view of Tomb of Agamemnon
Entrance to the Tomb of Agamemnon
Roof of Tomb of Agamemnon
Related Pages
Mycenaean Civilization, Minoan Civilization
Athens, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora, Crete, Greek Islands, Greece
Ephesus
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