- The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece.
- The Treasury of Atreus, though named after the legendary king Atreus, was not his resting place. Instead, it was likely built for a powerful Mycenaean ruler.
- The Treasury of Atreus is actually a tomb: a vaulted tomb built of stone, as we usually find in Peloponnese. [RELATED-TOUR].
- Constructed around 1250 BC, the Treasury of Atreus is believed to serve as a beehive or tholos tomb, a signature burial structure of the Mycenaean civilization.
- The Treasury of Atreus – also known as the Tomb of Agamemnon – is the largest and most impressive of the nine tholos tombs at Mycenae.
- The Treasury of Atreus is one of the most important archaeological sites in Greece, offering a unique glimpse into ancient Mycenaean civilization.
- It had already been looted and partly buried, when Pausanias visited it in the 2nd century AD. He listed it as “treasury of Atreus”, namely vault, as locals called it.
- Treasury of Atreus. Construction details/observations. The hill is excavated, the vault is constructed and then soil is placed on top of it.
- Treasury of Atreus: This monument is a most magnificent and imposing tholos [vault] tomb therefore linked to the most important ruler of Mycenae Atreus.
- Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Treasury of Atreus". ... 2022, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Treasury-of-Atreus.
