National Museum of Archeology - Insular Culture

After the Stone Age department, a small collection of artifacts from the Greek islands awaited the visitor:

A relief of a war chariot attacking an enemy with spirals as smolbs for the wind.

Ivory statues of musicians playing a lyre (harp) and an aulos, a double flute. Must be difficult to play! This instrument was imported into the Roman Empire as well ... wall paintings made it known to the afterworld.

Ivory and stone decorations ... they look like violins, but don't let your mind trick you! Violins or cellos were not yet invented back then ;)

The insular ceramics are a bit different as they feature natural or human shapes as decorations meaning more advanced art and techniques. Next, I will write about the Bronze Age!

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