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Modern Description: Driving out of Amphissa, 350 metres SW of the BP petrol station on the Amphissa-Itea highway, a dirt road angles to the left. Take the left fork at 1 km, and the stones of a substantial Myceanaean tholos tomb will appear on the left side of the road after another 250 meters. The dromos of the tomb is 9 metres long, while the circular burial chamber has a diameter of 5.9 metres. Although the vaulted ceiling of the chamber had collapsed, the walls were reasonably well preserved, standing at a height of close to 3 metres. Discovered during irrigation works in 2014, this is the first tholos tomb found in Phokida. It was excavated by a group led by Athanasia Psalti. The tomb was largely unplundered. Among the objects reported are bronze vases, gold and bronze rings, small vessels for storing aromatic oils, buttons made from precious stones, two bronze daggers, spearheads, various idols, over forty pieces of painted pottery and a selection of seals with animal, floral and linear designs. The number of skeletal remains indicates reuse of the tomb over a two-century period, 14th to 12th c. BCE.
Wikidata ID: Q106472989

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