The Archaeological Museum of Nemea is a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make these ...

Nemea Nemea (; grc, Νεμέα; grc-x-ionic, Νεμέη) is an ancient site in the northeastern part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Formerly part of the territory of Cleonae in ancient Argolis, it is today situated in the regional unit of Corinthia ...

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. It was constructed by the University of California and given to the Greek State in 1984. The museum is located at the entrance to the Archaeological site of

. Exhibits finds from this site and the surrounding areas, from Cooper Age (

Chalcolithic The Copper Age, also called the Chalcolithic (; from grc-gre, χαλκός ''khalkós'', "copper" and ''líthos'', "stone") or (A)eneolithic (from Latin '' aeneus'' "of copper"), is an archaeological period characterized by regular ...

) to early Byzantine era.

Collections

The museum contains a collection of pictures of Nemea by travellers of the 18th and 20th centuries, coins of ancient visitors to Nemea, items related to the athletic activity on the site, prehistoric finds (pottery, tools, weapons etc.) from sites in the district of Nemea, pottery and jewellery from the Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia and the settlement of Aghia Eirene, architectural parts from monuments at Nemea and other sites, and a collection of inscriptions from Nemea, Phlius and Petri. Female figurine, small terracotta, Flious, 4500-3200 BC, AM Nemea, Nemm433.jpg, Fragment of a female figurine,

Phlius Phlius (; grc-gre, Φλιοῦς) or Phleius () was an independent polis (city-state) in the northeastern part of Peloponnesus. Phlius' territory, called Phliasia (), was bounded on the north by Sicyonia, on the west by Arcadia, on the east by Cl ...

(Flious), 4500-3200 BC Pottery, Early Bronze Age, 2700-2200 BC, AM Nemea, Nemm423.jpg, Early

Helladic Helladic chronology is a relative dating system used in archaeology and art history. It complements the Minoan chronology scheme devised by Sir Arthur Evans for the categorisation of Bronze Age artefacts from the Minoan civilization within a h ...

pottery, 2700-2200 BC Mycenaean figurines, "Bird goddesses", 14th-13th century BC, AM Nemea, Nemm432.jpg, Mycenaean figurines, so called Bird goddesses, 1400-1200 BC Gold rings with reliefs, Late Bronze Age, AM Nemea, Nemm426.jpg, Gold rings with reliefs, Late Helladic ( Mycenaean) Opheltes, small figurine, AM of Nemea, TC 117, 201816.jpg, Small child, probably

Opheltes In Greek mythology, Opheltes (Ancient Greek: Ὀφέλτης), also called Archemorus (Αρχέμορος, Beginning of Doom), was a son of Lycurgus (of Nemea), Lycurgus of Nemea. His mother is variously given as Eurydice (Greek myth), Eurydice, ...

, Sanctuary of Opheltes in Nemea. See

Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to: *Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium'' *Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC * Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...

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The museum puts on display a collection of discoveries from the Early Helladic era until the Early Christian period. These finds were excavated at ancient Nemea, Kleones, Fliountas, and the Mycenaean cemetery of Aidonia. The most significant finds are the pieces of gold jewelry dating back to the 15th century BC.

References

External links

Hellenic Ministry of Culture and TourismNemea. A Guide to the Site and MuseumThe Nemean Games
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