Beehive tombs, also known as Tholos tombs (plural tholoi), are a style of Mycenaeanchamber tomb from the Bronze Age. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Treasure of Atreus in 2004 The Treasure of Atreus or Treasury of Atreus is an impressive tholos tomb at Mycenae, Greece (on the Panagitsa Hill) constructed around 1250 BCE. The tomb was used for an unknown period of time. ... This article is about the Greek archaeological site. ... A chamber tomb is a place for multiple burials used in many different cultures. ... The Bronze Age is a period in a civilizations development when the most advanced metalworking has developed the techniques of smelting copper from natural outcroppings and alloys it to cast bronze. ...
Beehive tombs developed from Mycenaean shaft tombs, which first appear around 1600 BC. After about 1500 BC, beehive tombs became more widespread. They were built as corbelled arches, layers of stone and dirt placed closer together as the arch tapers toward the top of the tomb. This style is probably an influence from Minoan tombs. Each tomb usually contains more than one person, in various places in the tomb, and with various grave goods. After a burial, the beehive tomb was covered with dirt, leaving a small mound with most of the tomb underground. They were connected to the surface by a long tunnel, leading to a door consisting of a set of monoliths. Because there are hundreds of such tombs, with more than one associated with each Mycenaean settlement, they were probably not burial places for the aristocracy alone, although the larger tombs, ranging from about 10 meters to about 15 meters in diameter, were likely used for royal burials. The larger tombs presumably contained aristocratic grave goods, but the tombs were pillaged in ancient times. (Redirected from 1600 BC) Centuries: 18th century BC - 17th century BC - 16th century BC Decades: 1650s BC 1640s BC 1630s BC 1620s BC 1610s BC - 1600s BC - 1590s BC 1580s BC 1570s BC 1560s BC 1550s BC Events and trends Egypt: End of Fourteenth Dynasty The creation of one of... (Redirected from 1500 BC) Centuries: 17th century BC - 16th century BC - 15th century BC Decades: 1550s BC 1540s BC 1530s BC 1520s BC 1510s BC - 1500s BC - 1490s BC 1480s BC 1470s BC 1460s BC 1450s BC Events and Trends Stonehenge built in Wiltshire, England The element Mercury has been... The Minoans were an ancient pre-Hellenic civilization on what is now Crete (in the Mediterranean), during the Bronze Age, prior to classical Greek culture. ...
The false beehive dome may be regarded as an imitation of the earliest cone-shaped houses.
The round domed tombs were built predominantly in the southern part of Thrace, in the area inhabited by the Odrysae tribes, which had achieved a higher level of socio-economic development.
It consists of the three chambers required by the Thracian cult of the dead: an antechamber for the chariot, horses or slaves which accompanied the dead man in after-life; a corridor (or dromos), which was a small room for the things needed in after-life; and a burial chamber for the body itself.
While the Bat tombs are frequented by visitors, the Al Ayn tombs perched in a row atop a mountain near Wadi al Ayn provide a breathtaking view against the jagged backdrop of the comb-shaped Jabal Misht.
The tombs in the shape of towers, some as high as eight metres, are all built in the honeycomb style.
The beehivetombs are believed to contain two to five graves while the community graves contain the remains of up to 200 people.
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