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6 THE MYCENAEAN AGE
sented the Greek government in the work at Mycenae and
who now returned thither to prosecute that work. He
discovered the sixth grave in the same inclosure with the
five already opened by Schliemann, excavated the private
houses already discovered, which yielded some important
gold finds, and cleared out the dronios to the Treasury of
Atreus, until then blocked up.
Again, in 1879, in the plain north of Athens near the
village of Menidi (ancient Acharnae) a domed structure of
the so-called Treasury type, discovered by the
villagers, was excavated by Dr. Lolling for the
German Archaeological Institute. Not only did it yield
a further store of the now recognized Mycenaean grave
furniture, but the presence of six skeletons lying undis-
turbed in the midst of the offerings positively established
for the first time the sepulchral character of these bee-hive
tombs.1
Following upon this notable find, the Greek Archae-
ological Society excavated at Pronoia, a suburb of Nauplia,
'-£.■'■■,. a prehistoric cemetery of rock-tombs hewn in
Nauplia r J
the base of Palamedes and resembling those of
Spata, but of a humbler order and with offerings of slight
intrinsic value.
In 1880-81, Dr. Schliemann cleared the famous Treasury
of Minyas at Orchomenos; and in 1884 he undertook a
Orchomenos still more important task at Tiryns, where he
Tiryna discovered and laid bare a prehistoric palace
so well preserved that its ground plan is for the most
part clearly defined. In this work, Schliemann was for-
tunate in enlisting the cooperation of Dr. Dorpfeld, the
accomplished architect, who has been so long at the head
of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. To
1 Lolling, Das Kitppelgrab von Menidi.
sented the Greek government in the work at Mycenae and
who now returned thither to prosecute that work. He
discovered the sixth grave in the same inclosure with the
five already opened by Schliemann, excavated the private
houses already discovered, which yielded some important
gold finds, and cleared out the dronios to the Treasury of
Atreus, until then blocked up.
Again, in 1879, in the plain north of Athens near the
village of Menidi (ancient Acharnae) a domed structure of
the so-called Treasury type, discovered by the
villagers, was excavated by Dr. Lolling for the
German Archaeological Institute. Not only did it yield
a further store of the now recognized Mycenaean grave
furniture, but the presence of six skeletons lying undis-
turbed in the midst of the offerings positively established
for the first time the sepulchral character of these bee-hive
tombs.1
Following upon this notable find, the Greek Archae-
ological Society excavated at Pronoia, a suburb of Nauplia,
'-£.■'■■,. a prehistoric cemetery of rock-tombs hewn in
Nauplia r J
the base of Palamedes and resembling those of
Spata, but of a humbler order and with offerings of slight
intrinsic value.
In 1880-81, Dr. Schliemann cleared the famous Treasury
of Minyas at Orchomenos; and in 1884 he undertook a
Orchomenos still more important task at Tiryns, where he
Tiryna discovered and laid bare a prehistoric palace
so well preserved that its ground plan is for the most
part clearly defined. In this work, Schliemann was for-
tunate in enlisting the cooperation of Dr. Dorpfeld, the
accomplished architect, who has been so long at the head
of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens. To
1 Lolling, Das Kitppelgrab von Menidi.