National Archeological Museum

On our second day we visited the National Archeological Museum.  Its quite a bit like the British Museum in design and display, but with artifacts only from Greece (and thus not as overwhelmingly large).  Lots of items from Mycenae and Thebes among other places.  I got to see the gold burial mask of King Agamemnon and lots of other gold and bronze items.  Many beautiful pots and other daily living items as well.

Delaney really enjoyed looking at the statues.  She wanted to know why so many of them were naked.  I explained that some of the men were athletes and that they competed without clothes.  You could tell by how well muscled they were that they were athletes : )  Then she wanted to know why the women were naked.  I just explained that women are beautiful, and that's the way they sculpted them.  She enjoyed seeing the various images of Aphrodite and Hercules, especially after reading about them in her mythology book.  She told me all about the power of his lion skin.

 Delaney wanted me to take pictures of this lady's hair from every angle she liked it so much!

 This was one of several cast iron (?) frying pans.  I loved the decorations on the bottom!