Corinth was one of the most important cities in the Archaic period. It was the mother-city of, for example, Corcyra (Corfu) and Syracuse, which means that it played an important role in the Greek expansion to the west. The ancient…
Large collection of archaeological finds from the Bronze Age (a/o Ebla), from the Iron Age, from the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods, and many finds from the Umayyad age. The frescoes from the synagogue of Dura Europos are here.
Photography is…
A nice museum with a good collection, documenting the excavations in the valley of the Euphrates in eastern Syria. I thought it was the best archaeological museum in the country. Among the objects are cuneiform tablets from Mari and finds…
A museum with a very remarkable collection: an aquarium with fish of the nearby Wadden Sea, a historical collection of the city of Delfzijl, an exhibition about navigation, and a small but interesting archaeological collection, which includes a complete dolmen.
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Imagine a group of elderly tourists, some of them walking with sticks. Early in the morning. Their Greek tour leader brings them to an excavation and starts to buy tickets. He asks for the discount that is normally granted to…
The Dutch "museum of the book" in The Hague was founded by a baron, who donated his collection of books and art to the Dutch state. The art collection contains objects from the Brittenburg (a Roman castle near The Hague)…
The Archaeological Park of Dion is what the name suggests it is: a park, indeed, with ruins. I visited the place for the first time in 1991, and only remembered that I had been impressed. Today, I returned, and found…
The collection of ancient sculpture ("Skulpturensammlung") is part if the Albertinum and can be found in a basement in the Zwinger. Among the highlights is the "Dresdner Knaben".
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