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ATHENS RIVIERA JOURNAL
                                                                          culture


                          Excavation







                              Unveiled









                  As the Acropolis Museum

                       celebrates 15 years in

                   2024, it proudly opens its


                  new excavation museum.


















                                                                                           Top left, clockwise: Sealstone made of red jasper depicting Athena, 3rd–5th
                                                                                            century AD. (Artifact number NMA 2494). Clay lagynos for serving wine,
                                                                                            1st century BC. (Artifact number NMA 1775). Fragment of a clay vessel with
                                                                                          a wedding scene, 4th century BC. (Artifact number NMA 2714). Marble head of
                                                                                          a statue of the goddess Hygieia, 1st–2nd century AD. (Artifact number M 1122).
                                                                                           Opposite: Marble relief depicting the healing god Asclepius, 4th century BC.
                                                                                                           (Artifact number NMA 126).





                                                                                                M            arking its 15th anniversary, the


                                                                                                             Acropolis Museum introduces an
                                                                                                             innovative  excavation  museum.
                                                                                                             This pioneering space on the south-
                                                                                                             ern excavation site features 1,150 ar-
                                                                                                tifacts from over 4,500 years of history. The exhibits,
                                                                                                organized thematically and chronologically, unique-
                                                                                                ly highlight aspects of daily life in an ancient neigh-
                                                                                                borhood: household organization, the activities of
                                                                                                men, women, and children, entertainment, commu-
                                                                                                nication, trade, workspaces, and places of worship.
                                                                                                To access the excavation site and its exhibits, a general ad-
                                                                                                mission ticket to the Acropolis Museum is required.  
                                                                                                theacropolismuseum.gr/en




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