Tombs graves and burial 2.4

Question 1

libation

Answer 1

A drink offering poured in honour of the gods

Question 2

cist grave

Answer 2

A grave in the form of a stone lined pit dug into the earth and covered up

Question 3

Shaft grave

Answer 3

A grave in which a deep shaft was dug and a space created at the bottom for a body often reused for later burials

Question 4

tumulus

Answer 4

A raised mound of earth under which bodies were buried

Question 5

dromos

Answer 5

A passageway leading to the tholos tomb

Question 6

Chamber tomb

Answer 6

A tomb dug from rock in which a body or bodies would be buried in a chamber