Delos Island, Mykonos, Cyclades, Greece, 84600
About Archaeological Museum of Delos
Found at the middle of Delos and next to a cosy cafe, the museum's geometric building stands proudly overlooking the rewins. High ceiling corridors filled with ancient history are worth discovering and even more so with an official guide.
Currently its exhibition occupies nine halls. Six of which contain the statues and reliefs found in Delos, stated to be "one of the best collections in the world", while two halls exhibit pottery ranging from the prehistoric to the late Hellenistic period, and finally the last containing various everyday life items; revealed in Delos' private houses.
The museum also contains:
Funerary statues and grave stelae ranging from the 7th to the 1st century B.C.
Pottery ranging from the 25th to the 1st century B.C.
Clay figurines dating from the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
Jewelry and small objects dating from the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
Mosaics of the 2nd-1st centuries B.C.
Archaeological Museum of Delos Features
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