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A new road
project on
the
outskirts
of Volos
in central
Greece has
revealed
what
appears to
be an
intact,
unplundered
Mycenaean
royal tomb,
a report
said
yesterday.
The
subterranean
tholos
tomb was
found
along with
four or
five small,
box-like
cist tombs
during
construction
of a new
Volos ring
road,
according
to the
Ethnos
daily.
Archaeologists
have not
yet
entered
the tholos
tomb — a
monumental
structure
of the
same type
as the
famous
“Tomb of
Atreus” at
Mycenae,
which
would have
contained
the
remains of
a local
ruler. The
paper
quoted
local
antiquities
director
Vassiliki
Adrymi as
saying the
burial
appeared
to be
unplundered
by grave
robbers.
“According
to initial
indications,
this great
funerary
monument
is sealed
and has
not been
plundered,”
she said.
“We
believe it
is 6.5
meters
high and 8
meters in
diameter.”
This would
be about
half the
size of
the Atreus
tomb.
At nearby
Dimini,
some 3
kilometers
(1.8
miles)
west of
Volos,
Adrymi has
excavated
a
Mycenaean
settlement
associated
with
Iolkos,
city of
the
mythical
hero Jason. |
