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	The Thracian Tomb in Kazanluk
		The false beehive dome may be regarded as an imitation of the earliest cone-shaped houses.
		The round domed tombs were built predominantly in the southern part of Thrace, in the area inhabited by the Odrysae tribes, which had achieved a higher level of socio-economic development.
		It consists of the three chambers required by the Thracian cult of the dead: an antechamber for the chariot, horses or slaves which accompanied the dead man in after-life; a corridor (or dromos), which was a small room for the things needed in after-life; and a burial chamber for the body itself.
	www.digsys.bg /books/cultural_heritage/thracian/architecture.html (1493 words)

	Beehive tombs reveal Dhahirah’s antiquity (Ibri-Today Network)
		While the Bat tombs are frequented by visitors, the Al Ayn tombs perched in a row atop a mountain near Wadi al Ayn provide a breathtaking view against the jagged backdrop of the comb-shaped Jabal Misht.
		The tombs in the shape of towers, some as high as eight metres, are all built in the honeycomb style.
		The beehive tombs are believed to contain two to five graves while the community graves contain the remains of up to 200 people.
	www.ibrialwaaedah.ibritoday.net /Beehivetombs.htm (662 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith
		The tholos tomb has three parts: a narrow entranceway, or dromos, often lined with fieldstones and later with cut stones; a deep doorway, or stomion, covered over with one to three lintel blocks; and a circular chamber with a high vaulted or corbeled roof, the thalamos.
		Towards end of period, tombs were very large and surrounded by a moat, and earthenware figures and models (haniwa) were placed in a series of concentric rings around the tomb.
		There are two main varieties: axial-chambered tombs, with the passage entrance opening from the center of the broader end of the mound, and lateral-chambered tombs, where two megalithic chambers are entered from opposite sides of the mound.
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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Beehive tomb
		Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age.
		Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a monumental Late Bronze Age development of either the Mycenaean chamber tombs or tumulus burials dating to the Middle Bronze Age.
		The larger tombs contained amongst the richest finds to have come from the Late Bronze Age of Mainland Greece, despite the tombs having been pillaged both in antiquity and more recently.There are also recorded Etruscan tombs with a beehive style with decorated interior.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Beehive-tomb (774 words)

	Beehive tomb (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The tombs usually contain more than one burial, in various places in the tomb either on the floor, in pits and cists or on stone-built or rock-cut benches, and with various grave goods.
		After a burial, the entrance to the tomb was filled in with soil, leaving a small mound with most of the tomb underground.
		There are also recorded Etruscan tombs at a necropolis at Banditaccia from the 6th and 7th Centuries BC having an external appearance similar to a beehive.
	www.1bx.com /en/Beehive_tomb.htm (432 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for beehive (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The cluster is often called the Beehive because of its shape.
		Its greatest achievements came in architecture, which included both grand fortifications and beehive tombs, and in pottery, precious metalwork, and fresco.
		Listening to people is key at this parish: 'beehive of activity' where faith is also fun.
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=beehive (1226 words)

	The Bulgarian treasures - Golden sands resort, Varna, Bulgaria
		The Thracian Beehive Tomb of Kazanlak dating back to the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 3rd century BC attests to the contribution of Thracian people to the world cultural treasury.
		The beehive tomb is the most ancient to be found in Europe.
		The frescoes in the burial chamber and in the corridor are of extreme artistic value and the tomb is unrivaled in Europe for its preserved mural paintings.
	www.goldensands.bg /cultural/tomb-kazanlak.asp (149 words)

	Beehive tomb - Definition, explanation
		Beehive tombs developed from Mycenaean shaft tombs, which first appear around 1600 BC.
		After a burial, the beehive tomb was covered with dirt, leaving a small mound with most of the tomb underground.
		Because there are hundreds of such tombs, with more than one associated with each Mycenaean settlement, they were probably not burial places for the aristocracy alone, although the larger tombs, ranging from about 10 meters to about 15 meters in diameter, were likely used for royal burials.
	www.calsky.com /lexikon/en/txt/b/be/beehive_tomb.php (262 words)

	Travel for Kids: Mycenae, Greece
		Tomb of Clytemnestra – Clytemnestra, wife of Agamemnon, wasn't really buried in this beehive tomb, but it was royal burial, built about 1220 B.C., and it's wonderful inside.
		Treasury of Atreus is a similar tomb with a beehive ceiling.
		All that's left is the impressive structure, the contents of the fabulous tomb were looted long ago in antiquity.
	www.travelforkids.com /Funtodo/Greece/mycenae.htm (642 words)

	The Tombs at the Argive Heraion
		Tomb IX is most instructive: “The tomb had been entered and disturbed in the Geometric Period.
		The tomb “was opened and entered in post-Mycenaean times, and the objects which were then deposited in the chamber make it clear that the date of the intrusion is to be assigned to the later part of the Geometric Period.”
		But the words “we have in a high level” in the tombs conflict with Blegen’s observation and description: in several tombs the Geometric ware was clearly the earliest-it was on the floor of the tombs—in others mixed with the Mycenaean ware.
	www.varchive.org /nldag/heraion.htm (1942 words)

	Malko Tarnovo - Strandja – The Mountain Of The Ancient Thracians
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		Another fantastic sample of the Thracian cult architecture is the beehive tomb in the area of Propada.
		The walls of the tomb are faced with stone tiles, but the form is from the type ‘cist’- that is still known back from the first millennium BC (V-IV century BC).
	malkotarnovo.yes.bg /en/?&itype=114&isubtype=195&info=803 (293 words)

	Beehive
		Beehive (beekeeping) is a human-provided structure in which bees are induced to live and raise their young.
		Beehive tombs are a style of Mycenaean chamber tomb from the Bronze Age
		Beehive (ammunition) is the common name for a type of 105 mm artillery shell used for anti-personnel
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	The Mycenaean and Geometric Age
		in the tombs conflict with Blegen's observation and description: in several tombs the Geometric ware was clearly the earliest-it was on the floor of the tombs—in others mixed with the Mycenaean ware.
		"In tombs IX, XIX and the main chamber of XXVI, the presence of Geometric objects on the floor of the chamber, or near it, suggested that the disappearance of some Mycenaean remains was due to later disturbance.
		It is not excluded that the older of the tombs date from the time of Hatshepsut of the Eighteenth Dynasty; yet the scarab found and attributed to her reign was not a royal signet, but a charm or amulet, and could be from a later part of the Eighteenth Dynasty.
	www.specialtyinterests.net /heraion.html (2101 words)

	tomb. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		The concept of the tomb as a chamber or dwelling place for the dead is the most widespread.
		It may have originated in the practice, known in prehistoric times and common among so-called primitive peoples of today, of burying the dead underneath their place of dwelling.
		Christian tombs, relatively simple at first, had by the Middle Ages become quite splendid.
	www.bartleby.com /65/to/tomb.html (338 words)

	The Aleksandrovo tomb - 1
		The murals of the Thracian tomb near the village of Aleksandrovo, Haskovo district, are older and brighter than those of the Kazanluk tomb.
		"This is a Thracian beehive tomb from the beginning of the IV c.
		It is a new confirmation that the hunt was a favourite occupation of the Thracian kings.
	www.kroraina.com /thracia/aleksandrovo_1.htm (605 words)

	The Aleksandrovo tomb - 1
		The murals of the Thracian tomb near the village of Aleksandrovo, Haskovo district, are older and brighter than those of the Kazanluk tomb.
		"This is a Thracian beehive tomb from the beginning of the IV c.
		It is a new confirmation that the hunt was a favourite occupation of the Thracian kings.
	kroraina.com /thracia/aleksandrovo_1.htm (605 words)

	Tomb Summary
		In many European languages, to speak of "the tomb" is synecdochically to speak of death.
		A tomb is a place of burial for the remains of the dead.
		Tomb: a tomb in Le Père Lachaise cemetery.
	www.bookrags.com /Tomb (167 words)

	The Valley of the Thracian Kings \| Archeolgical Tour in Bulgaria \| The Thracian \| The Valley of the Thracian Kings in ...
		The local tomb is a beehive-shaped vault built 2400 years ago, with a corridor and two premises.
		The tomb in the mound called Sashova mogila, was built of stone blocks and consists of a corridor and two chambers from before 1700 years.
		The tomb in the Mound of Helvetzia, a tomb-mausoleum from before 1600 years with a narthex (an antechamber) and a room.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/4610.html (1900 words)

	BGGLOBE - Bulgaria travel guide, аccomodation in Bulgaria, tourism, landmarks, holidays, vacations, sea, mountain, ...
		These were the discoveries of the temple – tomb at Starosel, the fortress palace at Perperek, and the beehive tomb at Alexandrovo (near the town of Haskovo, about 220 km.
		The tomb was discovered by accident on 17 December at the bottom of a 4 - meter deep ditch dug by an earth-moving machine.
		In fact there is so much that you can link to the Kazanluk tomb paintings that initially there were accusations that the discovery was a hoax.
	www.bgglobe.net /index.php?l=1&s=-762 (324 words)

	Fred. Olsen Cruise Lines \| Excursion \| Piraeus, Greece \| CORINTH & MYCENAE
		Everything is here to remind us of Homer’s Iliad: the grave circle in which the golden mask of Agamemnon was found; the Cyclopean walls; the foundations of the palace where Agamemnon once lived; the postern gate; and the entrance to the underground reservoir.
		We continue to the ‘Beehive Tomb’, the so-called ‘Treasury of Agamemnon’.
		To avoid part of the walking in Mycenae, it is possible for participants to omit the visit to the Beehive Tomb and stay behind in the village; this is optional and will not reflect on the price.
	www.fredolsencruises.com /fredolsen/process/shoretours/shoretour_detail/id=637,portcode_id=449.html (265 words)

	Neatorama » Archaeology
		Egyptian officials have announced that the mummy of King Tut will be removed from its sarcophagus and displayed to the public in a climate-controlled glass case starting next month in Luxor.
		The move is partially to preserve the damaged mummy, which now lies in his tomb with no protection from the humidity generated by tourists.
		Tombs belonged to families, so subsequent burials were normal.
	www.neatorama.com /category/archaeology (3555 words)

	Acropolis of Mycenae
		The Beehive Tomb was once thought to be they tomb of King Agamemnon.
		The empty triangle above it is thought to have held the same Lion carving as the Lion's Gate.
		Inside, the tomb is 17 meters high and comes to a perfect peak.
	www.mygreecetravels.com /Mycenae (523 words)

	Science News Online - Timeline - This Week - 12/14/96
		The spiral nebulae, which until recently were astronomical mysteries, are among these other galaxies, but they represent a late stage in their development, in Dr. Hubble's opinion.
		Golden drinking cups, necklaces of gold rosettes, silver signet rings, carved agates, and other ornaments of a workmanship that challenges comparison with the best jewelry of today and yet made at least 3,000 years ago have come to light in an ancient beehive tomb in Greece.
		The art objects, contemporary with the tomb of King Tutankhamen in Egypt, are now locked in a special safe in the Greek museum at Nauplia, where Prof.
	www.sciencenews.org /pages/sn_arch/12_14_96/timeline.htm (301 words)

	Photos to illustrate Mycenae (Site not responding. Last check: )
		it is in fact a "grave circle"--a royal tomb which protected and adorned several shaft graves, at the bottom of which excavators found skeletons surrounded by so much gold that it seems clear that members of the royal family were interred there.
		This shot shows the "dromos" or entrance to the tomb; if you look at the top of the picture, you may be able to see why it is named as it is. The figure on the right will give you an idea of its size; as with nearly everything at Mycenae, it is massive.
		The experts estimate this tomb to be roughly contemporary with the Lion Gate.
	www.velocity.net /~jutman/mycenae.html (554 words)

	Mycanae : Attraction (Site not responding. Last check: )
		When Schliemann opened the tombs and found some 14 kilos (31 lb.) of gold here, including several solid-gold face masks, he concluded that he had found the grave of Agamemnon himself.
		The enormous tomb, with its 107 metric ton lintel, is 13m (43 ft.) high and 14m (47 ft.) wide.
		This tomb was robbed even in antiquity, so we'll never know what it contained, although the contents of Grave Circle A give an idea of what riches must have been here.
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		Minos shut Polyeidos up in a tomb with Glaukos' body, and told him either to bring the child back to life or to die there with him.
		As he sat in the tomb, Polyeidos saw a snake approach, and he killed it in case it harmed the body.
		The beehive tomb with its domed outline and pebbly floor, and its two occupants are clearly shown.
	www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk /compass/ixbin/print?OBJ3393 (339 words)

	Learn bee facts, honey trivia, honey nutrition facts and more!
		It was found in the tomb of King Tut and was still edible since honey never spoils.
		Golden bees (cicadas really) were discovered in 1653 in Tournai in the tomb of Childeric I (father of Clovis) who founded the Merovingian dynasty in 457.
		While bee "skeps" (old-style beehive shaped structures) are not in widespread use today, their charm continues to be associated with beekeeping.
	www.goldenblossomhoney.com /amazingfacts.html (1682 words)

	Art 101: Lecture 5
		The Minoans were not fearful of attack, so rather than building tombs, temples, or forts, they built monumental palaces.
		The second type of tomb was the beehive tomb (diagram).
		found at Mycenae was a beehive tomb from mythology said to have housed the treasures of Atreus, the father of Agamemnon.
	webed.vw.cc.va.us /vwbaile/pages_art101/101distance/summer/Lectures/101daeg.html (1380 words)

	Mycenae \| Mycenae, Greece travel blog
		The beehive tomb of “Agamemnon” is one of the things we saw.
		There was a walkway, an entrance with a triangle relief at the top, and then the beehive tomb inside.
		The tomb was already looted and empty when it was found, but would have had furniture and decorations inside.
	www.travelpod.com /cgi-bin/view_printer.pl?tweb_UID=mooreblond04&tweb_tripID=greece-2005&tweb_entryID=1129577640&tweb_PID=tpod&tweb_guest_password= (376 words)

	May 17th; Corinth, Mycenae, Nafplio
		It was a nice little hike up to the top and you definitely had to watch your step lest you trip and fall over a three millennium year old block of stone.
		This tomb is also known as the Treasury of Artreus or more commonly the Beehive Tomb.
		Tombs such as these were built into hillsides to hide their location from would-be thieves.
	www.fiendbear.com /greece02.htm (540 words)

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