GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS ARGOS ASPIS

Deiras necropolis

When the settlement on Aspis hill was abandoned at the beginning of the Mycenaean period, around 1600 BC, the cemetery of Deiras was established. Today, there is not much to be seen of the many tombs in the area.

Above: Mycenaean chamber tombs in Deiras. - Below: In Irakleous Street below Aspis hill there was an extensive Mycenaean cemetery. Nothing is left of it except a barren field, and the same is true for more sites in this area.