British Museum (Greek Antiquities)

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Greek Antiquities

British Museum Greek Antiquities 5 sections, 224 items and 400 pictures

Sections

Ground Floor

Parthenon Sculptures in the British Museum - Section 18 (9)

Periodically, the question of where the surviving sculptures from the Parthenon should now be displayed becomes a subject of public discussion.

Greece - Section 19 (22)

Greece : 4th century BC and the Payava Tomb - Section 20 (13)
IVth century B.C.

The Hellenistic world - Section 21 (149)
Grèce hellénistique

The Mausoleum at Halikarnassos - Section 22 (31)
around 350 B.C.
The Mausoleum at Halikarnassos, designed by the sculptor-architects Pytheos and Satyros, was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was built as a tomb for Maussollos, a member of the Hekatomnid dynasty who governed Karia in south-west Asia Minor.

Other theme(s) in this place

Ancient Egypt (5)
Far East Art (1)
Indoor Architecture (2)
Oriental Antiquities (1)
Oriental Antiquities - Islamic Art (1)

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