Both parts of the building were constructed of yellow limestone blocks the floor of the tomb is a tamped mix of clay, lime and limestone. Its unique dromos, or entrance passage, is only 2.80 meters (9 feet) wide but is 37 meters (121 feet) long, built using the corbelled vault technique. The total height of the burial chamber is 8.84 meters (29 feet). The burial chamber within it has a square floor plan measuring 4.39 meters (14.4 feet) X 4.35 meters (14.3 feet), which gradually morphs into the circular shape of a corbelled dome, or “false vault”, resembling the shape of a beehive. The mound is almost 20 meters (66 feet) tall and the perimeter of its base is an incredible 250 meters (820 feet). The Royal Kurgan is approximately 5 km ( three miles) northeast of the town center.Īncient Greek architecture of tomb is unique in the world This area of the eastern Crimea is rich in tumuli, or kurgans, with approximately 200 in Kerch and its immediate vicinity alone.
The tomb, with its uniquely sloped entranceway, is located in the present-day town of Kerch, which was the ancient Greek town of Panticapaion (Παντικάπαιον), or Panticapaeum, founded in the late seventh or early sixth century BC. The Royal Kurgan, also called the Tsarskiy Kurgan, is one of the most impressive tumuli, or burial mounds, in the eastern Crimea. The monumental tomb known as the “Royal Kurgan of Kerch,” in the Crimea, was constructed in the 4th century BC its ancient Greek architecture is evidence of the colony there that was founded by the Greek city of Miletus, in Asia Minor. Credit: Investigatio / CC BY-SA 3.0 Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License The entrance to the Royal Kurgan Tomb in the Crimea, at the site of the Ancient Greek colony Panticapaion, which was founded by the Asia Minor city of Miletus.
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