National Archaeological Museum, Athens (English language edition)

Author: Nikolaos Kaltsas

Guide to the National Archaeological Museum in Athens. It gives general information about all the collections, with emphasis on how they are displayed in the Museum. Illustrates works representative of collections and which demonstrate the quality and value of exhibits in the largest, most important museum in Greece. 220 col. illus.

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Distributed by University of Exeter Press. This brief guide to the collections of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens provides general information about all the collections, with an emphasis on the way they are presented in the rooms of the Museum. At the same time, it illustrates works which are representative of each collection and which bear witness to the artistic quality and value of the exhibits. The National Archaeological Museum of Athens is the largest archaeological museum in Greece and one of the most important museums in the world devoted to ancient Greek art. 220 colour illustrations.

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NIKOLAOS KALTSAS - Director of the National Archaeological Museum, Athens CHRISTINA AVRONIDAKI - Archaeologist ANASTASIA GADOLOU - Archaeologist GIORGOS KAVVADIAS - Archaeologist ELENI PAPAZOGLOU MANIOUDAKI - Keeper of the Prehistoric, Egyptian and Oriental Antiquities Collection ROSA PROSKYNITOPOULOU - Keeper of the Bronze Collection ELIZABETH STASINOPOULOU - Keeper of the Vases and Minor Arts Collection EVANGELOS VIVLIODETIS - Archaeologist ELENI ZOSI - Archaeologist

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This brief guide informs the reader about the collections of the National Archaeological Museum and the wealth and variety of its exhibits, which span the long history of the ancient world. Rather than giving detailed descriptions of the various items on display, it gives general information about all the collections, with an emphasis on the way they are presented in the rooms of the Museum. At the same time it illustrates works which are representative of each collection and which bear witness to the artistic quality and value of the exhibits in the largest and most important museum in Greece.