. . "A beehive tomb, also known as a tholos tomb (plural tholoi) (Greek: \u03B8\u03BF\u03BB\u03C9\u03C4\u03CC\u03C2 \u03C4\u03AC\u03C6\u03BF\u03C2, \u03B8\u03BF\u03BB\u03C9\u03C4\u03BF\u03AF \u03C4\u03AC\u03C6\u03BF\u03B9, \"domed tombs\"), is a burial structure characterized by its false dome created by the superposition of successively smaller rings of mudbricks or, more often, stones."@en .