GREECE PELOPONNESE ACHAIA VOUDENI

Above and below: The large chamber tomb 4 with a 19.7 m long dromos. Its sidewalls incline upwards, culminating in a trapezoid facade 6.45 m high. The unusually large doorway is 2.65 m high and 0.95-1.17 m wide. The jambs incline slightly upwards with a triangular lintel reminiscent of the relieving triangle commonly found in tholos tombs. - The roughly square tomb chamber (4.62 x 5.93 m) contained six primary and one secondary inhumation, placed in radial positions and accompanied by valuable grave offerings. Bones of earlier burials had been pushed aside to the chamber's wall while remains of burned wood may have come from purification fires.

Above: Views from the cemetery to the gulf of Patras in the North, through which the Mycenaeans of Voudeni were able to communicate with other sites of the Mediterranean, and the hill on the left with remains of the associated settlement. - Below: It is 810 m from the cemetery of Voudeni to the Mycenaean settlement. It is probably less spectacular, and I did not have the time during my visit in 2017, but from the highest point of the cemetery there is a good view to the settlement hill.