Tag:megalith_type=tholos
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Beehive tomb or tholos tomb. ![]() |
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A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones. The resulting structure resembles a beehive, hence the traditional English name.
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See also
megalith_type=dolmen
- single-chamber megalithic tombmegalith_type=menhir
- large upright standing stonemegalith_type=alignment
- stone row or stone alignmentmegalith_type=stone_circle
- stone circlemegalith_type=passage_grave
- Passage gravemegalith_type=nuraghe
- ancient megalithic edifice found in Sardiniamegalith_type=chamber
- only fragments of the grave are visible and the type can no longer be identified