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 , . 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.
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  • Archaeological site
  • …lies at an elevation of 204 metres (669 feet)
  • …is also known as “Treasury of Atreus”
  • Description: ‘tholos’ tomb located on the Panagitsa Hill at Mycenae, Greece, that dates ca.1250 BC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mycenae and Lion Gate.
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The is the popular modern name for the main… is situated 500 metres northeast of Tomb of Agamemnon.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mycenae and Monastiraki.
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is a town and a former municipality in , , . is situated 6 km southwest of Tomb of Agamemnon.

Tomb of Agamemnon

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Latitude
37.72681° or 37° 43′ 37″ north
Longitude
22.75398° or 22° 45′ 14″ east
Open location code
8G94PQG3+PH
Geo­Names ID
12277060
Wiki­data ID
Q1262524

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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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