Dromos (corridor)
Dromos ( ancient Greek δρόμος 'run' , 'corridor'; plur. Dromoi) in archeology and architecture refers to a corridor or corridor that leads to a room, often a burial chamber . In Egyptology as a term for the often of sphinxes lined, street-like access to a temple used (as referred avenue of sphinxes).
Examples
- The dromos of Nectanebo I lies in front of the Temple of Amon in Karnak .
- Dromos in front of the sanctuary of Isis in Dendera .
- Between 1300 and 1250 BC Chr. Built Mycenaean dome grave outside the city of Mycenae , on the road to the castle ( Treasury of Atreus , grave of Agamemnon ) has a 36 m long dromos.
- Dome tomb of Orchomenos , the so-called "Treasure House of Minyas "
- Dendra tomb
- In the necropolis of Salamis on Cyprus , burials and grave goods were found in the dromoi of the royal tombs: human skeletal remains in grave 2 and two horse-drawn carts in grave 3. Vessels with oil and honey as well as kettles and furniture were also found.
- The Etruscans also knew Dromoi. The Necropole di Monterozzi is far outside the urban area of Tarquinia . The underground burial houses, approximately 8000 are known, with the steeply sloping dromoi are carved out of the stone.
- In Sardinia , the rock chambers of the Nuragic culture show Dromoi. Particularly impressive is the 16 m long dromos, one of the facilities at Santu Pedru , near Alghero . But the Filigosa systems at Macomer also have considerable dromoi.
- In Portugal, for example, Alapraia (Gruta 1) from the rock dome necropolis near Estoril has a 13 m long dromos carved out of the rock.
- In Iran the Achemenid rock tombs, for example in the unfinished rock tomb in Persepolis .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hans Koepf : Picture Dictionary of Architecture. Alfred Kröner, Stuttgart 1985, p. 128.
- ^ Jean-Claude Golvin , Jean-Claude Goyon: Karnak, Egypt, Anatomy of a Temple. Tübingen 1990, ISBN 3-8030-1037-3 , p. 56.