beehive tomb 1

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a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.

  • 1.After about 1500 BCE, beehive tombs became more widespread and are found in every part of the Mycenaean heartland.
  • a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones.

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