shaft grave
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of shaft grave
First recorded in 1905–10
Example Sentences
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In 2015 they discovered a spectacular shaft grave just outside the ancient palace of Pylos.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2019
The seal stone comes from an untouched shaft grave near the ancient palace of Pylos.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
The warrior was interred about two centuries earlier, in a shaft grave surrounded by around 1,400 objects, including a bronze sword with an ivory hilt.
From National Geographic ● Dec. 28, 2015
The top of the warrior’s shaft grave lies at ground level, seemingly so easy to find that it is quite surprising the tomb lay intact for 35 centuries.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2015
Below this stratum was an older shaft grave, as is usual in tholos interments; it had been plundered?
From Homer and His Age by Lang, Andrew
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