of Orchomenos in Mycenaean Greece. It was most likely the royal burial site of the local wanax (king), and can be compared with the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae.

Hydraulics. A massive hydraulic undertaking drained the marshes of Lake Kopaïs, making it a rich agricultural area. Here "highly skilled engineers drained the greatest lake in Greece, creating a vast fertile plain ringed by sophisticated fortifications and cultivated by slaves."

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