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GREECE PELOPONNESE KORINTHIA AIDONIA

2024-12-23

Tomb 1

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Chamber tomb number 1 has a dromos of only 3.50 m and also the stomion has only a length of 0.5 m. There is a large boulder above the doorway and a gaping hole in the roof of the circular tomb chamber.

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Above left: Looking down to tomb 1 in the foreground, number 17 in the background. - Above center: dromos and entrance of tomb 1. - Above right: The hole in the ceiling. - Below: More views of the entrance of chamber tomb 1 and a view from above.

chamber tomb 1

Below: Panoramic view of the interior with a bench and a burial pit on the right, the eastern side.

chamber tomb 1


Tomb 2

location chamber tomb 2 chamber tomb 2

Tomb number 2, used from the 14th to the 13th century BC according to the recovered grave goods, has the typical inclined walls of the 8m-long dromos with a fig tree growing out of it. Above the entrance is a marker with the number. There were bats hanging from the ceiling of the 3 x 3.25 m wide rectangular burial chamber ending in an apse.

chamber tomb 2
chamber tomb 2
chamber tomb 2