- The Treasury of Atreus is located to the west side of the modern road leading to the citadel, approximately 500 m south-southwest of the Lion Gate.[73].
- The name ‘Treasury of Atreus’ is a misnomer, as there is no concrete evidence linking the tomb to the legendary king Atreus.
- The Treasury of Atreus is 13.5 meters high and has a diameter of 14.5 meters. The interior of the tomb creates a fascinating echo and the ceiling is vaulted.
- The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tomb at Mycenae, Greece, constructed during the Bronze Age around 1250 BC.
- 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.
- The Treasury of Atreus – also known as the Tomb of Agamemnon – is the largest and most impressive of the nine tholos tombs at Mycenae.
- As Treasury of Atreus (Greek θησαυρός του Ατρέα ) is now called the grandest obtained in royal tombs of Mycenae.
- Virtually within spitting distance of the fortified citadel of Mycenae is a large, underground tomb that carries the misleading name “Treasury of Atreus”.
- Treasury of Atreus is a mausoleum / tomb, corbel vault and underground structure that was built from -1300 until -1250.
- Heinrich Schliemann dubbed it the Treasury of Atreus, most likely without any scientific evidence but because of a "romantic intuition".
