National Archeological Museum of Athens

The Museum is located at 28is Oktovtiou 44, Athens, Greece.
It holds one of the world’s greatest collections of artefacts from Ancient Greece and Rome.

Antikythera Shipwreck
- Artefacts from this Roman wreck (c. 25 BCE) include statues, coins and the world’s oldest known computer.
Antikythera Mechanism
- Room 38.
- This is the world’s oldest known computer.
- It has over 30 gears, and by rotating a crank that showed a date, the positions of the Sun, Moon and the major Planets could be predicted.
- It also predicted the Solar Eclipse and the Lunar Eclipse, using the Saros Cycle, and the date of the Olympic Games.
Mask of Agamemnon (c.16th century BCE)
- Mycenaean collection, Room 4
- A hammered gold death mask,
Bronze Statue of Zeus (or Poseidon) (c.460 BCE)
Marble Statue of Poseidon (c.125-100 BCE)
Marble statue of Kouros Kroisos (c.540-515 BCE)
- Funerary statues, Room 34.
Giant Head of Hadrian (c.130-138 CE)
- Roman collection, Room 32.
Nestor’s Cup (c.1500-1500 BCE)
- a goblet made of gold.
The Boxer Fresco (16th century BCE)
- Thera collection, Room 48.
Marble Statue of a Sphinx (c.570-550 BCE)
Bronze Statue of Augustus (c.12 BCE)
Mycenaean Warrior Vase (12th century BCE)
Jockey of Artemision (c.149 BCE)
- Statuary collection, Room 34.