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Tholos tomb
Also called tholos, beehive tomb
A Mycenaean “beehive” tomb: a circular chamber roofed by a corbelled dome, entered through a passage (dromos) and covered by an earth mound.
See also: Dromos, Corbelled dome, Relieving triangle
Rules that use the word
The great dead outside the walls, by the roads. Dig the tholos tombs of later rulers into the hillsides outside the walls, along the roads that approach the city, each entered by a long open passage.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters Post and Lintel, The Ancient World.
A feature of Aegean Bronze Age architecture.
Nearby in the glossary
Thermae · Thermal bridge · Thermal mass · Tholos · Thrust · Thrust line · Tierceron · Tile-hanging