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We are walking on the road that leads to the magnificent tholos tomb that Schliemann, in an outburst of enthusiasm, arbitrarily named "The Treasury of Atreus". Our footsteps slow down and become ceremonial, you can sense the awe of the burial procession following the legendary king in his outstanding, last residence. You can imagine their agony for the fortune of the city after the death of its king and for his own fate. The buzzing sound from the wild beehives nested in the monument transmit a primordial tension to the senses. The burial chamber is round (its diameter 14.60 m) and tall (height 13.30m). The dome is constructed on the logic of the beehive: 33 subsequent layers of smooth, long stones, in perfect assembly.

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