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Olympia Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Olympia (Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Ολυμπίας) is one of the most visited museums in Greece. It is located in Olympia, Peloponnese, which is one of the most important archaeological sites and the birth of the original…
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Piraeus Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is host to an extensive collection of bronze statues from Ancient Greece alongside various sculptures and artifacts unearthed in the vicinity of the city of Piraeus. Piraeus was one of the major ports…
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Sitia Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Sitia (Σητεία, Siteia) houses a large number of Paleolithic, Minoan, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman artifacts from excavations in Lasithi, Eastern Crete. Generally, the most important ancient finds from Crete are exhibited at the Heraklion…
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Thera Prehistoric Museum

The Prehistoric Museum of Thera in Santorini island, Greece, houses a large collection of artifacts from excavations at ancient Akrotiri. Akrotiri is was a thriving Bronze-Age town when it was abandoned and destroyed by the Thera volcano eruption…
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Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki exhibits artifacts unearthed in northern Greece. The bulk of the collection is comprised of precious metal objects from the Hellenic Kingdom of Macedonia. Derveni Crater Five views of the Derveni crater, tomb B.Late…
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Kore

Kore (κόρη = maiden. Plural: κόραι, korai) refers to statues depicting female figures, always of a young age, which were created during the Ancient Greek Archaic period (600 – 480 BCE) either as votive or commemorative statues. Wealthy…
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Kouros

Κούρος (Kouros: youth. Plural: Κούροι, Kouroi) sculptures were abundantly produced in Ancient Greece during the Archaic era (700-480 BCE), continuing a centuries-old tradition of votive figure statues made of bronze which was previously of small scale. Around 600…
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The Kritios Boy Sculpture

The Kritios Boy (or Kritian Boy). Marble. 1.17 m (3 ft 10 in) tall. Believed to be the creation of Kritios, the teacher of Myron. Circa 480 BCE. It was found in two parts at the Acropolis of…
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Temple of Athena Nike

The small temple of Athena Nike is perched above the ascent to the Acropolis, and is visible as one approaches the Propylaea. The southwest of the Acropolis plateau, right next to the Propylaia, has been an important location…
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Acropolis: Old Temple

Between the Parthenon and the Erechtheion a careful observer can make out the foundations of an old temple dating to the 6th century BCE. With time it came to be known as the “Old Temple” for it was…
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