Last year I went on a tour of the Acropolis, Acropolis Museum very nearby and other Athens sites, so I didn't go to the Acropolis this year ...
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On Day 2, I went to National Archaeological Museum in Athens. There are virtually no paintings, just numerous artifacts from Greece and the
Greek islands in a collection of objects that would rival that of the Louvre. After visiting the museum, I spent the afternoon at Monastiraki and the area around
Hadrian's Library.
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Above: At the National Archeological Museum, jugs from the city of Orchomenos in Boeotia from around 1600 BC.
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1 and 2 are views of the Acropolis and the Parthenon Temple from the Titania Hotel where Dr. J stayed.
4 to 7 show the front of the National Archeological Museum and the lobby upon entering the front door.
8 shows numerous bronze swords from around 1600 BC found at Mycenae, northeast of Mykines which is northeast of Sparta.
9 shows gold plated armour for a child, Mycenae, around 1600 BC.
10 shows a Tiryn wall painting of a wild boar being hunted with dogs, near Mycenae around the 14th-13th century BC.
11 shows an Acropolis wall painting at Mycenae, a scene of religious offering to a goddess, 13th century BC.
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