<sod>The Tomb of Minyas is one of the greatest burial monuments of the Mycenaean period<ref>http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=5341</ref>. The ceiling of the side chamber is decorated with spirals and floral motifs in relief. In the centre of the Tholos, a rectangular burial monument dates to the Ηellenistic period (323-30 B.C.). It was partially restored by the architect-archaeologist A. Orlandos. In 1994, the Hellenic Ministry of Culture undertook restoration work consisting mainly of drainage and strengthening of the walls of the side chamber.<eod>
<sod>The Tomb of Minyas is one of the greatest burial monuments of the Mycenaean period<ref>http://odysseus.culture.gr/h/2/eh251.jsp?obj_id=5341</ref>. The tomb was probably built for the members of the royal family of Orchomenos in 1250 BC and was plundered in antiquity. The monument was visible for many centuries after its original use and even became a place of worship in the Hellenistic period. It was probably a famous landmark until at least the second century AD, when [[Pausanias (geographer)|Pausanias]] visited Orchomenos and described the tholos in detail <ref>Description of Greece (9, 38, 2-3)</ref>.<eod>