Saturday, October 29, 2011

Athens Archaeological Museum

This is the entrance to the marvelous Archaeological Museum in Athens. Our group is (mostly) listening to tour leader Alexander.

I bought the Museum's booklet of exhibits, with pictures far better than mine. But following are some of my favorites.
These are figurines from the Cycladic era.These are two vases made from ostrich eggs.
Fabulous gold jewelry

Small bronze figurines. Small ceramic figurines. More favorites.

1 comment:

Kristen said...

How awesome it must have been to see these antiquities. I'm especially intrigued by the small bronze figurines and the final handsome athlete or warrior. The bound hand is a little creepy- a prisoner? A slave?