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Treasury of Atreus The largest of the tholos "beehive" tombs. Perhaps built about 1300 B.C., about the same time as the Lion gate. One of only two double-chambered tombs in Greece. 30-foot long, 118-ton lintel. Tomb is 43 feet high, 47 feet wide. Bronze nails once held hundreds of bronze rosettes in place in the ceiling.

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