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Mycenae - Beehive Tomb

This is an interior view of the famous beehive tomb at Mycenae.  From the Late-Bronze Age, this type of tomb is also known as a Tholos tomb.  When he first uncovered it, Heinrich Schliemann called this find Agamemnon's Tomb.  Scholars later discredited that claim.

Click on the image for a greatly expanded view.