Archaeological Museum of Aegina

Archaeological museum in Aegina, Greece

Roman tombstones at museum's lapidarium

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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  Torso of a statue of Heracles, from older temple of Apollo, c. 570–560 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

1. www.aegina.com
2. Art of the First Cities: The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2003. p. 261, Object 266 a and b. ISBN 978-1-58839-043-1.
3. Archaeological Museum of Kolona: Description

Sources

• Papastavrou, Eleni (2012). "Archaeological Museum of Kolona: Description". Greek Ministry of Culture and Sports. Retrieved 29 December 2020 – via odysseus.culture.gr.

External links

• www.aegina.com
• Ministry of Culture and Tourism