Tomb of Aegisthus

The Tomb of Aegisthus is a Mycenaean tholos tomb located near the citadel of Mycenae, Greece [1]. It was constructed in the Late Helladic IIA period, from around 1510–1450 BC [1]. The Tomb of Aegisthus is the third-largest tholos tomb at Mycenae and the fourth-largest in the Aegean [1]. The tomb is located to the west of the citadel of Mycenae, around 70 meters from the Lion Gate, in an area used for burial since the Middle Helladic period (c. 2000–1600 BC) [1]. Its structure follows the typical tripartite division of Mycenaean tholos tombs into a narrow rectangular passageway (dromos), joined by a deep doorway (stomion) to a burial chamber (thalamos) surmounted by a corbelled dome [1]. The dromos is around 22.45 meters long and 4.65 meters wide, while the thalamos is 13.96 meters in diameter and would originally have been around 13 meters tall [1]. The dome collapsed some time after the tomb's construction: from an original height of c. 13m, only about 8m of height remains [1].