Tholos: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	beehive tomb • tholi • tholus • tholoi

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Ruins of the circular tholos at Marmaria in Delphi, Greece, with three standing columns surrounded by stone remains and mountains in the background.

The tholos, built c. 390 bc, at Marmaria, Delphi, Greece.

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