Early cycladic "frying pan vessels"
Cycladic fertility necklace
Mycenean bronze dagger with inlaid decoration
Gold scales believed to symbolize the weighing of the soul in the underworld. The butterfly is the symbol of the soul
Mask of Agamemnon
Newcomers look at the seal cabinet
Monumental Attic grave amphora from the Kerameikos cemetery
Detail of a Korai, Parian marble. The chiton is decorated with rosettes and swastikas
Detail of a Korai holding a lotus bud
Detail of a Kouros
Grave Stele
Newcomers admire the Artemision bronze
Paulette, Amy and Michele listen to the museum guide Laura Giannola
Grave Stele, Pentelic marble
Vase with black figures. 600 BC
Vase with red figures. 400 BC
Athena. Known as the Varvakelon Athena it is the most complete of the surviving copies of the Chryselephanline cult statue of Athena Parthenos
Left arm of a young boxer. Bound with leather straps to protect his wrist and forehand
Female head (Hygeia?)
Bronze Marathon boy
Newcomers appreciating the Horse bronze
Hellenistic bronze known as the "Horse with the little jockey"
The little jockey
Female funerary statue
Aphrodite, Pan and Eros, Parian marble
Detail of Aphrodite attempting to fend off the erotic advances of Pan
Bronze bust of Augustus
Portrait head of a philosopher? Pentelic marble.
Male portrait bust, Thasian marble
Male portrait bust, Thasian marble
Male portrait bust, Pentelic marble
Mosaic of Medussa
Newcomers on the steps of the National Archaeological Museum
Newcomers with museum guide Laura Giannola on the steps the National Archaeological Museum
Anne, Michele, Amy and Tammy
Lana and Clare packed like sardines on the metro
