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Treasures of Athens' National Archaeology Museum with Dr. Guillaume Durand

Treasures of Athens' National Archaeology Museum with Dr. Guillaume Durand


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Visiting the National Archaeology Museum of Athens is like opening the definitive live history book of Ancient Greece. It houses all the most iconic artworks from this culture: the Cycladic male figure playing harp, the Golden Mask of Agamemnon, the Amphora of the Dipylon Master, the Poseidon of Cape Artemision, the Diadoumenos made by Polykleitos, the Bronze Sculpture known as the “Marathon boy” or the Antikythera Ephebe and many others. 

Founded in 1829 after the revolutionary struggle and the liberation of Greece from the Ottoman yoke, the seat of the National Archaeological Museum was transferred from Aegina, the 1st capital of Greece, to Athens in 1834. Now sheltered in an 1889-neo classical building, it exhibits more than 20,000 artworks covering a span of time ranging from the 6th Millennium Cycladic culture, the Bronze Age Mycenean Civilization, all through the evolution of ancient Greek art from the 10th Century. BCE to the Roman era. 

Join archaeologist and professor Guillaume Durand in this virtual tour of the World’s most comprehensive collection of Ancient Greek art. Led by an expert on Ancient Mediterranean art and archaeology, who is used to lead US students’ groups in this museum for the past 10 years, this seminar is designed to inform curiosity as well as future travels. Participants will come away with a thoughtful and refined understanding of the evolution of Ancient Greek vase painting and sculpture as well as with the eye of a connoisseur when you next visit this museum. 

Passionate about the regions and countries at the crossroad of civilizations, Guillaume Durand, Ph.D. has long-standing expertise in Ancient art and archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean Basin. Assistant dean and professor in archaeology and art history at the Institute for American Universities and the American College of the Mediterranean in Aix-en-Provence, France, Guillaume has traveled many times in Iran during these six past years in order to study the Persian Empires. He is also a tourist guide and lecturer in this country for French citizens.

This conversation is suitable for all ages.

90 minutes, including a 30 minute Q&A.

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A very comprehensive dive into a span of artifacts at the National Archaeology Museum. It becomes very clear, very quickly, that there is so much to see and experience but this was a wonderful introduction.

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