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Treasury of Atreus

c. 1250 BCE · 13th century BCE · Also known as Tomb of Agamemnon

The Treasury of Atreus is a monumental tholos tomb at Mycenae in southern Greece, built around 1250 BCE. Its corbelled stone dome, over 13 metres high, was the largest in the world for more than a thousand years. The names linking it to Atreus or Agamemnon are later traditions, and it was robbed long before modern excavation.

Treasury of Atreus
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Kingdom of Mycenae

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Treasury of Atreus. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/treasury-of-atreus
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