Panagia Tholos

Dromos and facade of Panagia Tholos tomb

Panagia Tholos , Panagia Tomb or Tomb of Panagitsa ( Greek τάφων της Παναγίτσας ) is called a Tholos tomb in Mycenae . The grave was named after the Chapel of Panagia , which is located about 100 m east of the grave. The Tholos tomb is located on the western slope of the Panagitsa hill about 500 m southwest of the upper town of Mycenae. According to Alan Wace's classification , it belongs to the second Tholos group and dates to the Late Helladic Period (SH II AB). It was built between 1460 and 1400 BC. Built in BC.

description

The access path ( Dromos ), which has partially collapsed today, is flanked by two walls made of small stones. The gate and the doorway (stomion) are built from meticulously hewn stone blocks. Remains of the relief triangle and its cladding can still be seen above the gate beam. The dome, which has since collapsed, has a diameter of about 8 meters and is made of stones of various sizes, mostly flat. The grave appears as early as 1878 on Vasilios Drosino's plan of Mycenae, while it is missing from Bernhard Steffen's plan .

To the south of the dome grave there are some chamber graves.

literature

• Richard Speicher: Peloponnese . 2nd Edition. W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne 1989, ISBN 3-17-010031-9 , pp. 129 .
• George E. Mylonas : Mycenae. A guide to its ruins and history . Ekdotike Athenon, Athens 1993, ISBN 960-213-213-2 , pp. 83 .

Web links

Commons : Panagia-Tholos  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Μυκήνες (Mycenae). Retrieved April 27, 2014 (Greek). 
• Mycenaean Tholos Tombs and Early Mycenaean Settlements. Retrieved April 27, 2014 . 

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alan Wace, Leicester Bodine Holland: Excavations at Mycenae. The Tholos tombs . In: The Annual of the British School at Athens . tape 25 , 1923, pp. 283-402 , doi : 10.1017 / S0068245400010352 .
2. ↑ Heinrich Schliemann : Mycenae . Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1964, Plan D ( digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de [accessed on April 25, 2014]).
3. ^ Bernhard Steffen: Maps of Mykenai . Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1884, Plan D ( digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de [accessed on April 25, 2014]).

Coordinates: 37 ° 43 ′ 39.6 ″  N , 22 ° 45 ′ 8.5 ″  E