Archaeological Museum of Aegina

Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Αιγίνης
Entrance to the building
Location within Greece
Established	21 October 1828 (1828-10-21)
Location	Aegina, Greece
Coordinates	37°44′58″N 23°25′29″E / 37.749519°N 23.424773°E / 37.749519; 23.424773
Type	Archaeological museum
Founder	Ioannis Kapodistrias
Website	via odysseus.culture.gr

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

External links

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