Tholos

As a generic term tholos tomb is an alternative name for a Beehive tomb from the late Bronze Age.

It is also the name given to several Ancient Greek structures and buildings:

• The Tholos at Athens was the building which housed the Prytaneion, or seat of government, in ancient Athens.
• The Tholos at Delphi is a circular building located approximately 800 metres from the main site of Delphi.
• The Tholos at Epidaurus is a circular building with an ornate astronomical floor design
• A Tholos pod

The Tholos also appears at the Treasury structure in Petra Jordan

It may also refer to the ancient Roman tholos, a structure found in the centre of the macellum.

It also refers to the unrelated keyhole-shaped houses of the Halaf culture of the Ancient Near East.

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