Archaeology Museum Athens

A popular destination for tourists and scholars alike, this museum houses more than 11,000 exhibits depicting Greek civilization from 6800 B.C. through the 19th Century. It also holds a century-old library of archeology with over 20,000 rare art, science, and philosophy books and publications. The museum also hosts frequent lectures on archaeological subjects.

In addition to the world's most extensive collection of art and artifacts from Greek culture, the museum also holds collections on Egyptian, Mycenaean, and Cycladic cultures. Aside from its extensive statuary, the museum also displays ceramics, jewels, small figurines, and a multitude of objects crafted in stone, bronze, ivory, alabaster, and precious metals.

Exhibits of particular interest include the Antikythera Mechanism, a mechanical analog computer dating from as early as 200 B.C.; fifteen centuries earlier than similar devices were thought to have been "invented" in Europe. You will also want to look for the Ninnion Tablet, which depicts religious rites in Greek Mythology; the well known, but inaccurately named, Mask of Agamemnon; Theseus' Ring dating to the fifteenth century B.C.; nine Egyptian mummies; and the aforementioned stunning statuary collection.