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Primitive Greece: Mycenian Ar would therefore be superfluous to give a plan or sections of it-' As at Mycenae, here also the tomb is hollowed out in the flank of a rocky hill ; but its mode of construction Is much inferior. Blocks dressed with any degree of care only appear in the door-case and the first course, where they served as foundation ; the rest of the work consists of unsquared units leaving intervals between them, which are made good with small stones. Never- theless, the main characteristics of the Mycenian style of building are recognizable here, down to the expedient resorted to by the mason for lightening the lintel (Fig. 145). Thus, externally, four stone beams separated by hollows, as in the great Egyptian ' Das Ktippel^rab.