THE MONUMENTAL TOMB NO.12 OF AMANTIA
THE MONUMENTAL TOMB NO.12 OF AMANTIA

Summary/Abstract: The study activity in the antique city of Amantia during 2018 was done in October and it was mainly focused on the study of the monumental tomb no.121. The evidence of the new constructive elements and the ones that sustain the tomb, as well as correcting some dimensions taken during the observation done in 20112, were amongst the main aims of the work in the terrain. The monumental tomb no. 12 is located on the shore on the feet of the northern slope of the hill of Amantia, outside the fortificating walls at a distance of about 230m in the air line, with geographical coordinates N: 40 22’26.0 and E: 19 41’46.1, at the height of 486m above the sea level (Fig.l, Tab. I; Fig. 1, Tab. II)3. Today it is all destroyed and the covering construction is totally absent. The front façade and the bottom wall are partly preserved, whereas the longitudinal walls, although damaged, have preserved the complete height (Fig.2, Tab I: Fig,2, Tab.II).

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