beehive tomb

noun

a type of subterranean tomb of the Mycenaean civilization consisting of a domed chamber entered by a passage through a hillside.

Origin of beehive tomb

1885-1890

First recorded in 1885-90

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Men came to this beehive tomb in the old days of Mycenae, down a long passage with a high stone wall on either side.

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