Ingcwaba likaAgamemnon ekwabizwa ngokuba "bubuncwane buka-Atreus" okanye ingcwaba lika-Atreus, yabhalwa ngo-1252 BC, yayimi ngaphandle kweendonga zesixeko, ukukhusela umoya wabafi. Kufutshane neli ngcwaba, kukho omnye owaziwa njengo "Ngcwaba laseClytemnestra", elilelonyaka ka-1220 BC, nenenekazi laseAgamemnon, kuye kwathiwa inokuba iyinyani ingcwaba likaAgamemnon.
Ulwakhiwo lwengcwaba liyi tholos kuba ine dome kunye nesityalo setyhula, ine-dromos corridor, kunye nodonga lwecyclopean eligutyungelwe ngumhlaba ukuze idityaniswe nembonakalo yomhlaba, kwaye njengoko ifihliwe ithintela abaphangi ekufumaneni yiyo.
Kumangcwaba agciniweyo, ngawona makhulu kwiGrisi yamandulo.
Ngokokufunyanisiweyo, izidumbu zazingcwatywa kwaye zikhatshwa yiminikelo emininzi kwimisitho yokungcwaba, eyayinokuhanjiswa ngemoto ukuya engcwabeni. Ukufunyanwa kuye kwafunyanwa kumhlaba ojikeleze indawo oqinisekisa ukuba umnikelo uziswe kwiinqwelo.
Ngaphakathi kwengcwaba kwafunyanwa ubuncwane obuxabisekileyo, obuqaqambisa iMask yeGolide yaseAgamemnon, ekwiMyuziyam yeSizwe yaseAthene, ezinye izinto zibonisiwe kwiMyuziyam yaseBritane.
Ukuba iya kuba nobungangamsha ingcwaba likaAgamemnon, ukuba umphambili womnyango wenziwe ngamatye amabini, elinye lawo linobunzima beetoni ezili-120. Ingcwaba likrolwe eliweni.
Ukufika egumbini, kuya kufuneka uhambe nge-36 nge-6 yemitha yangaphakathi yendlela.
Igumbi lokwenene lokungcwaba liqingqiwe elityeni.
Xa kwakhiwa i-dome, bayihombisa ngeerosettes zethusi.
Kuthiwa ngaphakathi kwengcwaba kuvelisa amandla amakhulu.