The monumental Mycenaean tholos tomb is located in a short distance southwest of the Mycenaean necropolis at Ellinika, Antheia. It has an elaborate construction, a monumental entrance with an elongated passageway and a large vaulted burial chamber with a diameter of 10.5 m. Inside the chamber, cist-shaped burial pits were found, and on the floor, the skeletons of a pair of horses which had probably drawn the funeral carriage. Although the tomb had been looted, gold signet rings, artifacts, such as a miniature boat and 8-shaped shields made of ivory, impressively decorated vases and other grave goods made of gold, bronze, ivory and semi-precious stones were found. The tomb has been associated with a local ruling family, possibly linked with the homeric cities of Antheia and Aipeia.

It dates around the middle of the 15th century BC. The tomb was used again in Geometric (900 – 700 BC), Classical and Hellenistic times (4th-3rd centuries BC) for burial rituals associated with ancestor and hero worship. Terracotta votive plaques depicting banquets and hoplites have been associated with these rituals. The finds are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Messenia in Kalamata.