National Arcaiological Museum - Ancient Greece for the Children

Meet Κένταυροs (Κενταυρούλης) - (Centaur).

In National Arcaiological Museum

The educational programme especially for your children!

National Archaeological Museum of Athens

This Sunday, April 29, 2012, the Greek tale of Sunday is dedicated to spring, the season of rebirth, flowers and love,everything in a Greek spirit! Don't miss it!

Immortals - The moovie

 Immortals  (In Blu Ray)

Buy the new Blu Ray Immortals and live the experience of Ancient Greece in this another one glorious Hollywood Movie production about Greece!  (2011)
The movie based in Greek Mythology that in turn spout from Greek Reality!

"The Greek Mythology comply to reality"

 J. Mark Sugars  

(Lecture, CWL and Classics Department of California State University)

"The Greek Mythology is not a myth!"                                                                  

Dr. Nhora Lucia Serrano 

(Professor of Comparative Literature, California State University), adopted at the interview from the historian advisors of the movie Immortals!

The Greek Gods Δίας (Zeus), Aθηνά (Athina), Aπόλλων (Apollo), Άρης (Ares) and Ποσειδών ( Poseidon) in a battle between good and evil that noone should miss!

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Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

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  DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Greece - Spring 2012

This spring live your experience in Greece !

Acropolis Museum of Athens

Head of Hermes. Pentelic marble. 2nd c. AD  

The statue of the Hermes Propylaios by Alkamenes at the Acropolis Museum.

Acropolis Museum of Athens

 

Η Αίθουσα των Κλιτύων της Ακρόπολης 

The Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropoli

After crossing the ground floor lobby towards the turn styles of the Museum, the first collection lies before the visitor. An ascending, wide glass-floored gallery houses finds from the slopes of the Acropolis. The occasionally transparent floor provides a view of the archaeological excavation, while its upward slope alludes to the ascent to the Acropolis.

The Gallery of the Slopes of the Acropolis houses finds from the sanctuaries that were founded on the slopes of the Acropolis, as well as objects that Athenians used in everyday life from all historic periods. On the left hand side, finds from some of the key sanctuaries of the slopes are exhibited. On the right hand side, finds from the smaller sanctuaries and settlements that developed on the slopes of the Hill are displayed. In antiquity, the slopes of the Sacred Rock constituted the transition zone between the city and its most famous sanctuary. This was the area where official and popular cults, as well as large and small sanctuaries existed alongside private houses.

National Arcaeological Museum | Object of April 2012 - Μηχανισμός των Αντικυθήρων * The Antikythera Mechanism

This Month (April 2012) in National Arcaeological Museum: ancient Greek object

"Ο Μηχανισμός των Αντικυθήρων"

(The Antikythera Mechanism).

Material: Χαλκός (Bronze)
Provenance : Antikythera shipwreck. From the material retrieved in 1900-1901
Date : Second half of the 2nd century BC
Inv. no : X 15087

Τhe recovery of the Mechanism among the other objects from the cargo of the ship that sank off Antikythera makes this shipwreck unique and of major importance. Seven large fragments (Α-G) and 75 minor pieces (1-75) have survived. Their exact position and the original structure of the Mechanism are still a matter of intense investigation. It contained at least 30 gearwheels as well as dials, scales, axles and pointers. The greek, astronomical inscriptions on the surface of the Mechanism refer to astronomical and calendar calculations, while the inscriptions on its metal protective plates contain instructions for its use. The Mechanism was protected by a wooden case, which had a bronze plaque on the front and the back side.
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