FamxplorMuseum of the Ancient Agora
What to expect
The Museum of the Ancient Agora is a museum located in the reconstructed Stoa of Attalos, which was originally erected during the 2nd century BC. The museum holds archaeological finds from the systematic excavations of the American School of Classical Studies in the area, dated from the Neolithic to the Post-byzantine and Ottoman periods. The exhibition is organized in chronological and thematic units, revealing aspects of public and private life in ancient Athens. The museum features a collection of artifacts, including pottery, terracotta figurines, jewelry, and sculptures, as well as a marble stele adorned with a relief showing the People of Athens being crowned by Democracy. The museum also has an upper floor exhibition that presents a representative collection of Athenian sculptures, with a focus on portraits from the Athenian Agora excavations
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Visiting The Agora Of Ancient Athens, Greece
Activities: We walked along the long stoa and saw potsherds, vases, terracotta figurines, and weapons dating from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Geometric periods. They also have many different items from the Classical and Late Classical periods, such as official clay measures, official bronze weights, a fragment of a marble allotment machine, official jurors’ identification tags, a clay water clock, and official bronze ballots
Highlights: The museum displays an extensive array of antiquities. We saw potsherds, vases, terracotta figurines, and weapons dating from the Neolithic, Bronze Age, Iron Age, and Geometric periods. Walking along the long stoa will transport you back in time and give you a feel for what the Agora would have looked like two and a half thousand years ago ✨