Thursday, June 23, 2011

Athens National Archaeological Museum



What an amazing structure! It contains incredibly old and wonderful items found in the Acropolis area. Two other remarkable things are first, that one floor is built like the Parthenon, with 17 steel pillars on each side of space and behind them are pieces of carved marble that was in the same position above the pillars of the Parthenon. Some are replicas because the real pieces are in the British Museum. We weren't allowed to take pictures inside but here are some online. The other amazing thing is that the museum is built on old ruins and visitors enter the grounds by walking on transparent plastic sheets that reveal ruins below. Here you see pictures of both the clear walkway and an archeologist I found who is working on the ruins below the floor.

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