GREECE PELOPONNESE ARGOLIS HELLENIKON

The entrance to the pyramid with its pointed arch leading to a narrow corridor. This outer entrance had a wooden door that could be bolted by wooden beams. Unwanted intruders who overcame this obstacle could then be attacked in the corridor from above on their unprotected right side.

Near the end of the corridor is a smaller second gate that was also closed by a bolted wooden door. Positioned on the side of the corridor it could not be attacked by battering rams. - Above left: looking from the corridor through the main entrance to the outside. - Above right: the secondary gate seen from inside. - Below: details of the inner gate.

Above: a fragment of an ancient millstone inside the pyramid that is hard to explain. It may, however, be the remains of Roman times like in the Tiryns tholos. - Below left: the inner walls of the pyramid. - Below right: a view from the pyramid of Hellenikon to the Argolic Gulf.