As time passed the Greek settlers intermingled with the Etruscans who gave way to the
Romans and so on. Each of these cultures left behind artifacts that tell a story of their lives. This museum was where all of these things were stored. From marble sculptures, to lost coins, to offerings to the gods, to decorative additions from the buildings. We really enjoyed the three floors of goodies to look at.
Downspouts for water management
Everyone has a big smile
The workers are carven into stone
A very serene expression
More lions ready to spew forth rainwater
An Ionic column! Most of what we saw were Doric columns
Greek pottery
A wedding themed jar
Lions
Silver coins discovered in the gate area
It seems like every house had an altar with a deity inside it
The diver is the iconic fresco, it had it's own gallery
More fantastic frescos
Only 10 people were allowed in the gallery at a time
More pottery
Feast time
Lets dance
Lets fight
Lets strut
Lets taunt
There is gold in them thar ruins
Thousands of these clay figurines were made and used as offerings
Great detail and many seem to be intact
this marble Hera has her holding a sacrificial cup in one hand and a pomegranate in the other
Little breast plates and shields
A stone boundary marker marking the location of the healing spring water
Bronze figurines
Ivory plates showing a race perhaps
Ivory
Stone
Clay
Marble
A trophy for the worst leg injury
Various body parts, bring one for what ails you
A load of ovaries
Such artistry
A bronze man in boots
Lead pipes a boon for clean water but with is came a bit of lead
A male figurine made from a single piece of marble. That is except for the arms which did not survive
Three statues are missing their heads
Baccus
We have been dealing with toilets that have no seats, it is not easy. well here they are!
The next train is in 25 minutes and google says it will take us 13 minutes to get there. There were no taxis so we walked
There was a wooden walkway for us to walk on but the sun was hot
Alas the train station
Oh no, we can not validate our tickets! The machine is broken.
WE had time to spare before the train showed up
We were supposed to tell the representative on the train that the validating machine was broken but he just read his book the whole way.
We passed several large storage areas like this one that had spools of cable
This was an automobile depot, first vans
Then blue cars
Then more blue cars
A cute kid on a mini Vespa
Some low hanging clouds
A nice end to a fine day
It has been 2 years and 331 days since we began our Migration
