Archaeological Museum of Aegina
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The Archaeological Museum of Aegina (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αιγίνης) is a museum in Aegina, Greece, founded on 21 October 1828 by Ioannis Kapodistrias, the first governor of independent Greece.[1]
Exhibits
The museum contains a variety of ancient vessels, pottery, ceramics, alabasters, statuettes, inscriptions, coins, weapons and copper vessels.[1] These objects are located in three rooms in which are all the exhibits.
One of the artifacts of the museum, an etched carnelian bead, a typical Harappan object, points to ancient trade relations with Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley civilization.[2]
The building where the museum is housed is ground floor, equilateral, stone and tiled with a patio in the center, a wooden portico surrounds the patio and one exterior of the building.[3]
Gallery
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Part of the hall of ancient sculptures and pottery.
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Early Bronze Age pottery, Early Helladic II, c. 2400–2300 BC.
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Middle Bronze Age pithos with geometric painted decorations, c. 2000–1800 BC.
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Middle Helladic and early Mycenaean pottery, c. 1900–1650 BC.
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Mycenaean figurine, c. 1700–1050 BC.
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Protogeometric and geometric pottery, 10th–8th century BC.
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Large Corinthian jug, c. 600 BC.
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Funerary relief, 5th century BC.
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Early classical sphinx, from Temple of Apollo, c. 460 BC.
References
Citations
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