Presentation and photos by Erato Tsouvala,

1. Vases from Archaeological Museums in Athens
Keramikos, Ancient Agora, Lavrion , Marathonas

2. The museum of Keramicos is a small place that holds the findings of the archaeological site. In the first room
the visitor will see the tombstones that adorned the cemetery. The older ones belong to the Archaic period
(9th -7th century B.C.) and the newest ones to the Roman period

3. The small museum at Keramikos was established by its benefactor, Gustav Oberlaender, a
German-American stocking manufacturer. It contains stelae and sculptures from the site, as well
as a good collection of vases and terracotta figurines. 8th century BC vases, exhibited in Room 4
("Geometric period" pottery) of the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum Athens

4. The museum
The following rooms have vases,
jewelry and other objects that were
offered as kterismata (objects that
supposedly accompanied the dead to
his afterlife). The last room has
artifacts that were discovered in a
group tomb of men, women and
children. It seems that in the 429-426
a malady infested Athens killing a
substantial number of the population.
The authorities gathered the bodies of
the dead and buried them hastily in a
group tomb so that the living would
not be contaminated

5. Ancient Greek vases in the Ancient Agora Museum (Athens)

6. The Archaeological
Museum of Lavrion
is situated at the north entrance to the
town. It was built in 1970, but
inaugurated as a museum only in
1999. In 2007-2008, the building was
renovated and made accessible to the
disabled (Third Community Support
Framework). In the lobby to the left of
those entering is an exhibit of objects
connected with mining and metallurgy
in Lavreotiki. The inscriptions, which
provide evidence about aspects of
how mines were operated, are
particularly important. In the gallery at
the far end of the exhibition are relief
plaques from the frieze of the Temple
of Poseidon at Sounion (mid-5th c.
BC), on which one may make out
scenes from the Battle of Centaurs and
Battle of Giants, allegories for the
victory of the Athenians, “champions
of the Greeks”, against the Persians.

7. Lavrion archeological museum

8. Archaeological Museum of Marathon

9. The Archaeological Museum is divided into six large rooms, in which, the rare findings are being exposed.
ROOM 2: Includes ceramics and small objects from the cemetery of the Early Bronze Age at Tsepi. The visitor
can also admire some offerings (kterismata) of Middle Helladic and Late Helladic period, found at the cemetery
of Vranas.

10. ROOM 1: Contains exhibits of pottery of the last phases of the Neolithic period (4000 - 3200 BC)
and the first phases of Bronze Age (3200-2700 BC). Most pottery were found at the Cave of Pan in
Oinoi.