A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi; from Greek θολωτός τάφος, θολωτοί τάφοι, "domed tombs"), is a burial structure characterized...

Reliquary Beehive tomb English church monuments Dartmoor kistvaens Mausoleum at Halicarnassus Great Pyramids Taj Mahal Tomb of Alexander the Great Tomb of Genghis...

Australia Beehive tomb, a style of Mycenaean tomb from the Bronze Age Clochán or beehive hut, an ancient Irish dry stone structure The Beehive (1975 film)...

Kolonas, excavating in the Broutzi area of Tzanata, discovered a tholos (beehive) tomb from the Mycenaean period measuring 6.80 meters in diameter. Some claim...

A beehive is an enclosed structure where some honey bee species of the subgenus Apis live and raise their young. Though the word beehive is used to describe...

the beehive tomb, or "tholos tomb" in modern terminology, a distinct form in Late Bronze Age Greece and other areas. But many other round tombs and mausolea...

The Thracian Tomb of Kazanlak (Bulgarian: Казанлъшка гробница, Kazanlǎška grobnica) is a vaulted-brickwork "beehive" (tholos) tomb that is located near...

timber. Beehive tomb Clochán, Irish stone huts, often beehive shaped Dovecote also called doocot (Scots), buildings to house doves, some are beehive shaped...

The Treasury of Atreus or Tomb of Agamemnon is a large tholos or beehive tomb constructed between 1300 and 1250 BCE in Mycenae, Greece. It is the largest...

consists of an artificial Neolithic cave and a Chalcolithic domed or beehive tomb. Beach sunset Azenhas do Mar by drone Praia das Maçãs "Azenhas do Mar...

begun building large aboveground burial places commonly referred to as beehive tombs because of their rounded, conical shape. c. 1600 BC—Hittites establish...

States Capitol dome, on which the Statue of Freedom stands Tholos tomb, or beehive tomb Tholos, keyhole-shaped houses of the Halaf culture of the Ancient...

(3200 to 2600 BCE), because of the discovery of a cluster of important beehive tombs at its foothills. As of 2017, the mountain is recognised as being part...

entrance of Mycenaean megalithic structures particularly on tholoi or beehive tombs. Contrasting with the cyclopean masonry that formed the basis of much...

period was named after extensive finds of burials of distinctive beehive shaped tombs in the mountainous area of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain Region. Continued...

a rival to Thebes. The palace with its frescoed walls and the great beehive tomb show the power of Orchomenos in Mycenaean Greece. A massive hydraulic...

some 5 mi (8.0 km) south of Sparta. It is famous for its tholos or beehive tomb, excavated in 1889 by Christos Tsountas. This consists of a walled approach...

Villanovafranca Ahwat – site in Israel with structure similar to nuraghes Beehive tomb Broch of Scotland Giants' grave of Sardinia Girna of Malta Motillas of...

tholos tomb (beehive tomb), a type of chamber tomb. In an untouched example of a Mycenaean heroön found in Pylos, the grave shaft-style tomb was dedicated...

community. It is thought that the primary burial site was probably a tholos beehive tomb in the area, from which remains were moved into the cave after a period...

Leipzig 1881) revealed the tholos tomb he called the "Tomb of Minyas", a Mycenaean monument that equalled the beehive tomb known as the Treasury of Atreus...

distinctive beehive burials first found on Jebel Hafit, a rocky mountain near Al Ain, bordering the Rub Al Khali desert. Hafit period tombs and remains...

(also known as the Tholos da Pena) was a Chalcolithic or Copper-Age domed tomb of block masonry. Its ruins are located on Monte da Pena, near the village...

evidenced by the discovery, in 1991, of a tholos (Beehive tomb) in nearby Tzanata. The size of the tomb, the nature of the burial offerings found there...

architectural structure itself. The nuraghe is a complex nuraghe, of tholos (beehive tomb) typology, rather unusual in Gallura. The monument has a central tower...

of Abbasanta) is a complex prehistoric building in the shape of a tholos tomb. Its central structure has a triangular shape. On the west side, a turreted...

like Rumailah, Hili and Jabel Ḥafeet. The early Hafit culture built "beehive" tombs for their dead and engaged in hunting and gathering in the area. The...

Middle Helladic Period whereas the prime time of the beehive tomb was the Mycenaean period. Around the tomb were found Late Classical and Hellenistic votive...

cultures from 5,000 to 3,100 BCE; the Hafit period with its distinctive beehive shaped tombs and Jemdet Nasr pottery, from 3,200 to 2,600 BCE; the Umm Al Nar...

cairn tombs. Another important group of beehive tombs is located at Qubur Juhhal at Al-Ayn, 22 km (14 mi) east-southeast of Bat. Most of these tombs are...