Ancient Art

The Paul and Alexandra Canellopoulos Museum hosts a rich collection of exhibits dating from the Neolithic-Final Neolithic period (6000 – 3000 BC) to the Late Roman times.

The eras represented in the collection are, in chronological order:

• Neolithic-Final Neolithic period (6000 – 3000 BC) – figurines, vessels, utensils;
• Cycladic Civilisation – female figurines, vessels, utensils;
• Minoan Civilisation – vessels, figurines, jewellery;
• Mycenaean Civilisation – vessels, type Φ and Ψ figurines;
• Cypriot art – jug, skyphoi, amphorae;
• Geometric art;
• Archaic period (7^th – 6^th BC) – Corinthian, Boeotian and Cretan vessels.
• Attican Vessels from the 6^th -4^th BC – black- and red-figured vessels, white lekythoi;
• Representative examples of koroplastic art of the Archaic, Classical and Hellenistic period from various workshops in Boeotia, Attica and the Cyclades;
• Archaic and Classical Age: silver and bronze items from various times;
• Late Roman period, late 6^th BC to 4^th c. AD;
• Fayum burial portraits.