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Lesson 6: Images
The Early Minoan Period: The Tombs
Ayia Photia. View across EM Cemetery from SW.
Archanes. Phourni. Tholos E. Tomb Chamber and Entrance from Interior (SW).
Archanes. Phourni. Tholos E. View of Entrance from Exterior (NE).
Ayia Triadha. Tholos A. Tomb Chamber and Entrance from Interior (NW).
Apesokari. Tholos Chamber from WNW Showing Coursed Masonry of Entrance.
Apesokari. Detail of S Wall of Tholos Showing Slabs Projecting at Intervals from Exterior Face of Wall.
Apesokari. Tholos Chamber from SW.
Apesokari. Tholos Annexes and Exterior of Chamber, from SE.
Apesokari. Detail of NE Exterior Wall of Chamber Showing Two Phases of Construction and, in Foreground, Abutment of Annex Wall against Chamber’s Exterior.
Ayios Kyrillos. Annex Structures to E of Tholos, with Trilithon Doorway into Tomb Chamber Behind, from ENE.
Ayios Kyrillos. East Half of Tholos Chamber from SW.
Ayia Photia. EM Cemetery. Collapsed Chamber Tomb, from NW.
Tou Skaniari To Lakkos. Trilithon Doorway in E Wall of Megaroid Annex to N of EM Tholos, from E.
Tou Skaniari To Lakkos. Trilithon Doorway of Tholos, from W
Ayios Kyrillos. Entrance to Tholos, from SE
Apesokari. Annex Rooms to East of Tholos, from E
Gournia. EM-MM House Tombs Built against Bedrock. From NE.
Gournia. EM-MM Freestanding House Tomb, with Kernos Located near Entrance, from SE
Kamilari. Tholos. Tomb Chamber and Entrance, from NW.
Kamilari. Tholos. Tomb Chamber and Entrance, from WSW.
Kamilari. Tholos. Annexes, Top of Entrance, and Tomb Chamber from E.
Kamilari. Tholos. Detail of Entrance to Tomb Chamber, from Interior (WNW).
Kamilari. Tholos. West Wall of Tomb Chamber: Detail of Construction, from SSW.
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