Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – The Prehistoric Collection

I was overwhelmed with the vast prehistoric collection.  

I narrowed my focus on artifacts that caught my eye and were reminiscent of the ancient Greece represented in history books I remembered from my youth.

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Prehistoric Civilizations

Funerary Steles

Funeral Death Masks

Funeral Death Mask with Breastplate and Cup

Funerary Death Mask with Breastplate 
June 15th, 2018 - Athens, Greece - National Archaeological Museum - The Prehistoric Collection - Funeral Death Mask with Breastplate and Cup

June 15th, 2018 - Athens, Greece - National Archaeological Museum - The Prehistoric Collection - Funeral Death Mask with Breastplate

Gold Jewelry with a Diadem

Amber Necklaces
June 15th, 2018 - Athens, Greece - National Archaeological Museum - The Prehistoric Collection - Amber Necklaces

Gold Shaped Animals

Wall Paintings from the Acropolis of Mycenae
June 15th, 2018 - Athens, Greece - National Archaeological Museum - The Prehistoric Collection - The Acropolis of Mycenae - Wall Paintings


Funerary Figurines
Mycenae Acropolis Jar and Vase

Tiryns Palace Wall Paintings
Gold Signet Ring
Gold Jewelry
Part of the Atreus Tholos Tomb

June, 2018 – Greece

Planning

Opa! 2018 Summer Break Starts In Greece

Opa! Athens, Greece – Planning – Part I

Opa! Mykonos, Greece – Planning – Part II

Opa! Naxos, Greece – Planning Part – III


Athens

Athens, Greece – Arriving

Athens, Greece – Taking The Metro Train

Athens, Greece – Arrival In Exarcheia

Athens, Greece – Discovering Exarcheia

Athens, Greece – First Visit To The National Archaeological Museum

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – The Prehistoric Collection

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Sculpture Collection – Jockey of Artemision

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Sculpture Collection – The Atalante Hermes

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Sculpture Collection – Statuette of Pan

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Sculpture Collection – The Youth of Mantineia

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Portrait At The Stairs

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Bronze Collection – Bronze Statue Of A Youth

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Bronze Collection – Helmets

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Bronze Collection – Spartan Gorgon’s Head

Athens, Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Bronze Collection – Cat

Athens Greece – National Archaeological Museum – Bronze Collection – Hand


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