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beehive tomb
noun
- a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of beehive tomb1
First recorded in 1885–90
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The grave escaped plunderers who looted a monumental beehive tomb discovered decades ago in the area, near the palace of Pylos - one of the most important Mycenaean administrative centers.
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The grave escaped plunderers who looted a monumental beehive tomb discovered decades ago in the area, near the palace of Pylos — one of the most important Mycenaean administrative centers.
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I wished more than anything we could bury May in a beehive tomb.
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Not far from Nestor’s Palace is a Mycenaean “beehive” tomb.
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Men came to this beehive tomb in the old days of Mycenae, down a long passage with a high stone wall on either side.
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