The Dutch province of Zeeland is not famous for its Roman ruins. The waters in the estuaries of the Scheldt, Meuse, and Waal have destroyed much of the ancient landscape. The main monument, a sanctuary dedicated to Nehalennia, is only…
Mikulov is just north of the Austrian-Czech border. It is dominated by a beautiful castle on a mountain, in which you will find several museums, one of them dedicated to the archaeological evidence for the presence of Romans and Germans…
Several collections: Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Ostrogothic, Langobard. Also finds from Caesarea Maritima.
There are 10 items in Milano, Museo civico archeologico:
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Although it is now on the East bank of the Rhine, Burungum was a Roman settlement on the river’s western bank. The great stream changed its course in 1374. At that moment, the fourth-century fort had already been converted into…
About a year ago, I visited the exposition on the Celts in the Musée de Mariemont in Morlanweltz, which is east of Charleroi in Belgium. The exposition dealt with the ethnogenesis of the Celts in Bohemia, and also deals with…
Archaeological museum with finds from the ancient Assyrian capitals (Nineveh, Nimrud...) and Hatra. There was also a collection of Islamic art. The museum was destroyed by terrorists in 2014-2015.
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Collection of the Whitaker Foundation, which excavated the Punic city of Motya. Among the finds is the "Youth of Motya", a first class piece of classical Greek sculpture.
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Opposite Munich's Glyptothek, you will find the Antikensammlung, which has a fine collection of pottery, a couple of bronze and iron weapons, and fascinating ancient jewelry. There are expositions in this building too. I visited “Strong Women”, which I believe…
The Glyptothek, or statue museum, in Munich is the most beautiful collection of sculpture north of the Alps. Period. Founded by crown prince Ludwig I, who also commissioned the Regensburg Walhalla, the beautiful Befreiungshalle in Kelheim, and several other buildings…
I visited the old museum at the Hofgarten twice. The collection is now at another place.
There are 34 items in Munich, Staatliches Museum Ägyptischer Kunst:
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Large museum of Roman art, especially sculpture, with a/o finds from Pompeii and Herculaneum.
There are 40 items in Naples, Museo archeologico nazionale:
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