26 ON SEPULCHRAL MONUMENTS. 
mound, which forms the more immediate subject 
of these remarks.—It is a large, round, conical 
hill, partly natural, partly artificial—and con- 
siderably lower on one side than on the other. 
On the side nearest to the Citadel an excavation © 
has been made, which succeeded in laying bare 
the entrance or doorway, a structure of even 
more gigantic dimensions than the Gate of 
Lions. On entering this we come into a large 
vaulted chamber, inclining to the conical form, 
50 feet across at the base, and about 45 feet 
high. Adjoining this is an interior chamber of 
square form, and smaller dimensions. 
The chief peculiarity in this beautiful monu- 
ment struck me as being the extreme neatness 
and regularity of the masonry. It contains 
forty courses of hewn stone, all admirably fitted 
together, but without cement ;—and it is Ishould 
think, quite as perfect a specimen of workman- 
ship as could be produced at the present day. 
The annexed drawing will give a more accurate 
notion of it than any description. 
Great doubt exists among the learned, as to 
what this monument really was,—some calling 
it the Tomb of Agamemnon, and others the 
Treasury of Atreus.—Dodwell and Dr. Clarke 
