Macedonian Tombs, Korinos

Both tombs had already been plundered by grave robbers who had removed some keystones of the vault to gain access.

[2] The archaeologists Hans v. Mangoldt and Konstantinos Noulas, carried out an exact measurement of the tombs.

[4] The external entrance, which is over four meters in length, was filled with clay, bricks or stones on both sides, the individual layers can be clearly distinguished from each other.

The access to the tomb chamber is marked with a distinct slope and also drops downwards in the height.

The forecourt, the antechamber and the tomb chamber are covered by a common vault.

The tomb chamber was plastered and painted; there are hooks to attach burial objects.

[6] Only the bones of the deceased, pottery shards, and an oil lamp, which might has been left from the grave robbers, were found.

Inscriptions (the earliest from 1948) show the tomb was temporarily used by shepherds to accommodate their herds.

The smaller Tomb B is located south of the service area Korinos (west of the motorway) and is accessible from a parallel road.

The door, which was found broken but has since been restored and reattached, is made of limestone which was once plastered and is very heavy.

The floor of the antechamber and the tomb are laid out with stone slabs, the walls are decorated with a circulating meander.

Two bronze coins, two greaves, ceramics, and fragments of other objects were found as remaining grave items.