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
If you like conspiracy theories, there;s a recent British mystery story in which not one, but two carefully forged :swords of King Arthur: are introduced into a shaft grave.
From New York Times ● Nov. 6, 2017
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
It is confessedly not the method of the Mycenaeans of the shaft grave, or of the latter tholos or stone beehive-shaped grave; again, the Mycenaeans did not burn the dead; they buried.
From Homer and His Age by Andrew Lang
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