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Piraeus Archaeological Museum
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The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is an important archaeological museum in Greece. It was restored in 1988. Its collections include:
- A nice collection of sculptured grave monuments of the 5th and 4th century BC
- Dedicatory reliefs of the 5th and 4th century BC from Piraeus.
- A statue of Cybele, the Mother of the Gods, of the 4th century BC from Moschato and a shrine (naiskos) from Piraeus.
- Bronze statues of the Classical period from Piraeus.
- Pottery from excavations in Piraeus, Salamis and the west coast.
- Hellenistic and Roman sculpture from Piraeus.
- Neoattic relief plaques from a shipwreck of the 2nd century AD.
- An inscription listing the boundaries of the city's famous market.
- A ship's copper ram.
- An Archaic statue of Apollo.
- Three magnificent 4th century BC statues: two of Artemis and one of Athena.
The statues had been hidden for safekeeping in a warehouse in the port just before the destruction of 88 BC. The museum's collection also includes important sculptures from the Temple of Cybele in Moschato, gravestones and monumental sculptures such as the famous temple-like monument from Kallithea (4th century BC) and finds from tombs in Peiraiki, Mesogia and Salamis dated between the Mycenaean and the Roman period.
Now the museum is closed for restoration.
More info : http://www.greeklandscapes.com/greece/piraeus/index.html |
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