Concerning the ancient Treasury near Vafió here mentioned, Mr. Mure states as follows: “The name Baphió was marked on my map, so that I had no great difficulty in finding the site of the ‘Treasury’ about a mile to the south of the tower. It is, like that of Mycenæ, a tumulus, with an interior vault entered by a door on one side, the access to which was pierced horizontally through the slope of the hill. Its situation on the summit of a knoll, itself of rather conical form, while it increases the apparent size of the tumulus, adds much to its general loftiness and grandeur of effect. The roof of the vault, with the greater part of its material, is now gone, its shape being represented by a round cavity or crater on the summit of the tumulus: Count Capo d'Istria enjoys the credit of its destruction. The doorway is still entire: it is six feet wide at its upper and narrower part. The stone lintel is 15 feet in length. The vault itself was probably between 30 and 40 feet in diameter.”

It is surprising that the French Surveyors have given no description or drawing of this singular monument. M. Boblaye says no more than, “On indique dans la plaine des mines aux villages de Vaphió et de Marmália; nous avons vu des tumulus très-remarquables bordant la rive droite de l'Eurotas au sud de ces deux villages, ils renferment, dit-on, des tombeaux tels que ceux de Mycènes.”