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The so-called 'Treasury of Atreus,' located SW of Citadel

ViewGeneral view
SiteMycenae
LocationGreece
Dateca. 1300-1250 BC
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodMycenaean
Materialconglomerate stone
DimensionsTholos: 13.20 m h, 14.20 diam.
Add'l. Info.The Dromos (entry passage) is 36m long, 6m wide. At N side of Tholos (a conical corbel vault) is a side chamber cut into the rock.
Saskia No.Jga-0087
SourceHartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 6, plate 18
 Schneider Adams, Art Across Time, 2nd ed., chapter 4, plate 23
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 4, plate 20
 Trachtenberg & Hyman, Architecture, 1st ed., chapter 1, plate 64