ARCHEOLOGICAL MUSEUM, Presentation

Hi, my name’s Scott, and I’m your personal guide. Along with MyWoWo, I’d like to welcome you to one of the Wonders of the World: the National Archeological Museum.

The National Archeological Museum in Athens is home to some 11,000 artifacts, collected from numerous archeological sites all over Greece and ranging from prehistorical times to Late Antiquity. It is one of the largest museums in the world, containing the finest collection of Ancient Greek art anywhere.

The artworks of Ancient Greece have influenced not only Roman art, but the whole of Western art – don’t forget that Greece was part of the Roman Empire from 146 BC.

The canons of beauty and harmony of Classical works have formed the base of Western art for over 2000 years, and continue to do so. The grand masters of painting, sculpture and architecture have always taken their inspiration from ancient works, in terms of both shapes and themes, which often depict Greek mythology....