Apiranthos Archaeological Museum
The Archaeological Museum Apiranthos ( Greek Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Απειράνθου Archaiologiko Mousio Apiránthou ) and Museum Michalis Bardanis ( Μουσείο Μιχάλη Μπαρδάνη Mousio Michali Bardani ) in Apiranthos on the Cycladic island of Naxos is named after the mathematician and amateur archaeologist Michalis Bardanis, which the the collection of artifacts from Surroundings of his hometown against the illegal antiques trade that was widespread in the 1960s.
The museum is located on the ground floor of a building built in 1960 in the village center of Apiranthos. The collection items come from the area around the village, the east of the island and some of the neighboring islands. On display are mainly finds from the Cycladic culture such as marble and clay vessels, fragments of Cycladic idols , as well as obsidian blades and bronze daggers.
The most important exhibits are ten stone slabs made of marble from Korfi t 'Aroniou with figured representations, as well as other petroglyphs with geometric patterns from the neighboring island of Iraklia and one of four known metal vessels of the Cycladic culture. The silver jug is a rare prestige object that was probably not made in the Cyclades and suggests trade contacts outside of the country.
literature
- Náxos, Archeologikó Mousío Apiránthou . In: Ypourgío Politismoú [Ministry of Culture] (ed.): Archeologiká Mousiá ke Syllogés stin Elláda . Athens 2008, ISBN 978-960-214-740-5 , pp. 204 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Cyprian Broodbank: At Iceland Archeology of the Early Cyclades . Cambridge University Press, 2002, ISBN 0-521-52844-5 , pp. 269 f .
Coordinates: 37 ° 4 ′ 17 ″ N , 25 ° 31 ′ 13 ″ E