Voundeni

This is a Mycenaean (think Agamemnon and the crew in the Iliad: they were from Mycenae) settlement dating to about 1500 BCE. Voundeni is in Achaea, putting it at the fringe of Mycenaean territory.
The site includes the settlement at Bortzi Hill and the nearby necropolis. The necropolis had been extensively excavated. So most of these pictures are taken there.
The 1st picture is taken from the top of the hill above the necropolis. Bortzi Hill is in the background. The 2nd picture is taken from the same spot but at a different angle to get a better look at the archaeological excavations of the tombs.
The 3rd picture looks closer at at one of the excavated tombs, showing the ramp down in. The 4th picture is taken inside a smaller tomb, while the 5th and 6th look at a large tomb. The 5th picture looks down a short section of the entry ramp to the door into the tomb. The walls are actually slanted inward. The last picture is inside that same tomb. It was the largest one I visited.Читать далее