Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4
Period Iron Age·Regional culture Temple-Universal·🇬🇷 Greece Region 4, Greece
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About Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4
Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 in Greece Region 4, Greece is a Bronze Age temple-complex with stratified deposits and regional significance. Excavations reveal architectural phasing.
Why it mattersKey Regional culture Temple-Universal temple-complex with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Chronology and phasing
- 02Astronomical alignment
Theories
- 01Ceremonial centre
- 02Defensive stronghold
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2800 BCE
- Period
- Period Iron Age
- Culture
- Regional culture Temple-Universal
- Purpose
- temple-complex ritual/settlement purpose for Temple-Universal
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1984
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
c. 1200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4
2005 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4
On the ground
Structures & features
43.8835° N · 11.0766° E · 781 m · 3 mapped features
Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — Principal Temple
templetemple at Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — outlier feature
43.8849° N · 11.0754° EDolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — Northern Altar
altaraltar at Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — hydraulic feature
43.8829° N · 11.0775° EDolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — Shrine Annex 3
shrineshrine at Dolmen Avenue Temple 40 — Greece Region 4 — outlier feature
43.8818° N · 11.0757° E