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THE SECRET GARDEN IN ATHENS. Fascinating lotus flower from the atrium of the National Archaeological Museum. #garden #flower #athens #greece #instamuseum #photooftheday #picoftheday #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens ART FOR ETERNITY Fayum funerary portrait of a woman. Encaustic (pigments mixed with heated or cold beeswax and resin) on wood (small thickness panel). L. 0,355, W.0,18 Th. 0,005m. 2nd c. AD. NAM 1628. #greece #egypt #fayum #ancient #art #museum #pictureoftheday#instamuseum#instadaily #portraitoftheday #eternalbeauty #nationalarchaeologicalmuseum #athens #death #eternal ETERNITY The Greek and the local population of Fayum placed over the face of the deceased a portrait which had been rendered while the depicted person was alive. According to the funerary beliefs of the Egyptians' the portrait helped the two elements of the human spirit the "Ka" and the "Ba", which were released from the corpse following the death of the person, recognize the dead body and reunite with it, and so the deceased gained eternal life. Fayum funerary portrait of a man. 2nd c. AD. NAM 1627 #greece #egypt #fayum #ancient #art #museum #pictureoftheday#instamuseum #nationalarchaeologicalmuseum #athens #death #eternal Attic red-figure stamnos. Helen’s first elopement, by Theseus, on a chariot prepared by Peirithous. Her sister Phoebe bids farewell. By the Vase-Painter Polygnotos. Probably from Marathon. Around 430 B.C. #helen #theseus #mythology #heroes #ancient art #painting #culture #greece #instamuseum #instadaily #picoftheday #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens Attic red-figure pelike. Heracles fights and kills Bousiris, a mythic king of Egypt and his priests, who had attempted to sacrifice the hero so as to deliver their country from plague. By the Pan Painter. From Thespies, Boeotia. Around 470 B.C. From the exhibition #Odysseys #herakles #heroes #mythology #ancientart #painting #culture #museums #greece #egypt #instamuseum #instdaily #picoftheday #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens Celebrating the European music day at the Altar hall of the #nationalarchaeologicalmuseum. The special program contained works by W.A.Mozart and G.Faure. #music #europe #art #archaeology #instamuseum #instaculture #museumart #museum #athens #greece #Theatre marble mask from #Athens #Greece. The flat nose, huge open mouth and deeply wrinkled forehead render the type of impudent slave of New #Comedy. Late hellenistic copy of a type of the 4th c. BC. #arthistory #archaeology #ancientart #culture #instamuseum #instdaily #museums #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens Theatre #tragic mask from #Athens #Greece. Marble masks were either part of the decoration of a building ( #theatre #odeio etc ) or a funerary monument or simply dedications made by victors in #drama contests. Late hellenistic copy of a type of the 4th c. BC. #arthistory #archaeology #ancientart #culture #instamuseum #instdaily #museums #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens DIVINE BEAUTY AND GRACE. The youthful female marble head, with the wavy hair carried back, exudes #divine #beauty and #grace. It was found at #Tegea,#Arkadia. The theory, according to which it belonged to the statue of #Hygieia, the goddess of good #health, carved by the great #sculptor #Skopas, has been disputed. It is nevertheless one of the finest original works of the Late #Classical Period. 350-325 BC. #archaeology #ancientart #sculpture #Greece #medicine #religion #culture #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens #instamuseum#museumart Admiring the sea god #Poseidon. The awe inspiring marble statue (2,35 m. high) was found on the island of #Melos, #Cyclades. C. 125-100 BC. #statue #greeksculpture #masterpieces #ancientart #archaeology #culture #Greece #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens#sea#museums #visitgreece #instamuseum #picoftheday #photooftheday #instadaily Scene from a Greek palaestra. Two wrestlers in action. Detail of the front face of a base for a #funerary #kouros. From the cemetery of #Kerameikos in #Athens. C. 510 BC. #athlete #gymnastics #olympics #ancient #art #archaeology #Greece #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens #instamuseum #picoftheday #photooftheday #instadaily#photooftheday  #instaculture Defending himself. Marble #statue of a fighting #gaul from #delos. The #warrior, wounded in the thigh, has fallen to the ground on his right knee, and will have been attempting to #defend himself against his #enemy with his left arm. C. 100 BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #photooftheday #instadaily#photooftheday  #instamuseum#art #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens #greece Alone, immersed in admiring the wonderful artefacts of the Mycenaean Collection. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #mycenaean #photooftheday#visitgreece #instadaily#nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens #museums#ancientart #culture#greece_is Enjoying the Exhibition "Odysseys". Young Athenian Doryphoros. Marble grave stele (it was build into the Themistokleian wall). 550-540 BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #doryphoros #grave #relief #photooftheday  #instaculture #instamuseum #instadaily#archaeology#ancientart art#culture#greece #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens This marble lion decorated a funerary monument in the ancient cemetery of Kerameikos in Athens. C. 325-300 BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #kerameikos #lion #photooftheday #instdaily Painted terracotta slab (metope) from the temple of Apollo at Thermon. The inscription identifies the female figure as Chelidon (Swallow)-Philomela, the mythical princess of Athens who was raped and mutilated by her sister's husband Tereus, king of Thrace. c. 640-630 BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #philomela #tereus #apollo #thermon #photooftheday #instdaily Marble head of a helmeted warrior. From the Temple of Aphaia in Aegina. 490 BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Aegina # warrior #photooftheday #instdaily PHOTO OF THE DAY #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #photooftheday #instdaily Female portrait head. Marble. The eyeballs are made of a different material and inlaid, as were the irises, which were made of glass paste. Late 1st c. BC. #instamuseum #picoftheday #Greece #Athens #portrait #photooftheday #instadaily #ancientart #nationalarchaeologicalmuseumofathens

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