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Mycenaean Architecture

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, c. 1300-1250 BCE.

Treasury of Atreus, Mycenae, Greece, c. 1300-1250 BCE.

The Treasure of Atreus and others tombs like it are demonstrations of corbeled vaulting that covers an expansive open space.

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