The Tomb of the Kings

On our field trips we got to view some magnificent sites, one of them being the Tomb of the Kings. This site is a World Heritage site that is being well preserved. The architecture of the tombs is unworldly due to the massive size of these tombs. When walking up to the site you don’t get to see the beauty behind it until you go over the hill to tombs 3-8. The first tomb is directly to the left when you get through the entrance. It has a long staircase down into a massive rock structure. When you enter the doorway, you can see tombs on every side with possible niches carved into the wall. My favorite was Tomb 3 because the tomb is created in the rock below and has pillars with an open floor looking down into it. There is a staircase down into the tomb close to the coast where you can walk down into it. This tomb is called The Atrium due to the central hall that leads to different chambers of tombs. There is an area inside here where you can see tomb 4 as well! There are a few pit-shaped tombs in here that contained Hellenistic pots which would date this area between the 3rd-1st century BC. I found that fascinating due to the fact of our site being during this time and kind of made a full-circle effect on the Island for me in how it was inhabited during this time. However, there are 8 tombs on this site that all have significant awe about them.