Tomb of Agamemnon
The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. It is the largest and most elaborate tholos tomb known to have been constructed in the Aegean Bronze Age, and one of the last to have been built in the Argolid.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: ‘tholos’ tomb located on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, that dates ca.1250 BC
- Also known as: “Treasury of Atreus”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mycenae and Lion Gate.
Mycenae
Mycenae is a town in the Peloponnese, Greece. It's home to the ancient Acropolis of Mycenae, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is one of Greece's most renowned archaeological sites, dating to the 2nd millennium BC.
Lion Gate
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The Lion Gate is the popular modern name for the main entrance of the Bronze Age citadel of Mycenae in Southern Greece. It was erected during the thirteenth century BC, around 1250 BC, in the northwestern side of the acropolis. Lion Gate is situated 500 metres northeast of Tomb of Agamemnon.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mykines and Monastiraki.
Monastiraki
Village
Monastiraki is a village in Argolis prefecture, built on the foot of mount Evia, between two low hills. It is located adjacent to ancient Mycenae and the Heraion of Argos, with a view of the entire Argolic plain.
Koutsopodi
Village
Koutsopodi is a town and a former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argos-Mykines, of which it is a municipal unit. Koutsopodi is situated 6 km southwest of Tomb of Agamemnon.
Tomb of Agamemnon
- Categories: beehive tomb, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Argos-Mykines, Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Tomb of Agamemnon” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Atreoren altxorra”
- Belarusian: “Скарбніца Атрэя”
- Bulgarian: “Съкровищницата на Атрей”
- Catalan: “Tresor d’Atreu”
- Chinese: “阿特柔斯寶庫”
- Croatian: “Atrejeva riznica”
- Czech: “Agamemnonova hrobka”
- Czech: “Átreova hrobka”
- Czech: “Atreova pokladnice”
- Czech: “Átreova pokladnice”
- Czech: “pokladnice krále Atrea”
- Danish: “Atreus‘ skatkammer”
- Danish: “Atreus‘ Skatkammer”
- Dutch: “Schatkamer van Atreus”
- Esperanto: “Tombo de Agamemnono”
- Esperanto: “Trezorejo de Atreo”
- Finnish: “Atreuksen aarrekammio”
- French: “Tombe d’Agamemnon”
- French: “Trésor d’Atrée”
- German: “Schatzhaus des Atreus”
- Greek: “Θησαυρός του Ατρέα”
- Greek: “Θολωτός τάφος του Ατρέως”
- Greek: “Τάφος του Αγαμέμνονα”
- Greek: “Τάφος του Ατρέα”
- Hebrew: “בית האוצר של אטראוס”
- Hungarian: “Atreusz kincsesháza”
- Italian: “Tesoro d’Atreo”
- Italian: “Tesoro di Atreo”
- Italian: “Tomba di Agamennone”
- Japanese: “アガメムノンの墓”
- Japanese: “アトレウスの宝庫”
- Persian: “گنجینه آترئوس”
- Polish: “Grobowiec Agamemnona”
- Polish: “Skarbiec Arteusza”
- Polish: “Skarbiec Atreusza”
- Portuguese: “Tesouro de Atreu”
- Russian: “Гробница Атрея”
- Russian: “Сокровище Атрея”
- Russian: “Сокровищница Атрея”
- Serbian: “Atrejeva riznica”
- Serbian: “Атрејева ризница”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Atrejeva grobnica”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Atrejeva riznica”
- Sinhala: “ඒට්රියස් භාණ්ඩාගාරය”
- Slovenian: “Atrejeva zakladnica”
- Spanish: “Tesoro de Atreo”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Agamenon”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Agamenón”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Atreo”
- Ukrainian: “Гробниця Агамемнона”
- Ukrainian: “Гробниця Атрея”
- Ukrainian: “Скарбниця Атрея”
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