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    The Archaeological Museum of Corfu (Greek: Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κέρκυρας) in Corfu, Greece was built between 1962 and 1965. The museum land was donated...
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    the Palace of Mon Repos and at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. In 1889, Empress Elisabeth of Austria built a summer palace in the region of Gastouri...
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    related to Temple of Artemis (Corfu). The Archaeological Museum of Corfu: Original pediment of the Medusa Gorgo from the Artemis Temple of Corfu Archived 2019-10-10...
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    residence on the island of Corfu, Greece. It lies south of Corfu City in the forest of Palaeopolis. Since 2001, it has housed the Museum of Palaiopolis—Mon Repos...
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    Αχίλλειο, Katharevousa: Αχίλλειον) is a palace built on Corfu for Empress (German: Kaiserin) Elisabeth of Austria, also known as Sisi, after a suggestion by...
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  • detail of sculpture from the west pediment of the Temple of Artemis, Korkyra, is made (approximate date). It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. The...
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  • of museums in Greece by regional unit. Archaeological Acropolis Museum Archaeological Museum of Kerameikos Epigraphical Museum Goulandris Museum of Cycladic...
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    Titanomachia) was a ten-year series of battles fought in Ancient Thessaly, consisting of most of the Titans (the older generation of gods, based on Mount Othrys)...
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    Thessaloniki Museum of Byzantine Culture Heraklion Archaeological Museum Archaeological Museum of Chania Agia Triada Monastery Archaeological Museum of Corfu Byzantine...
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    the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. The stele was found in 1846 at the necropolis of the Corfu Palaiopolis, in the suburb of Garitsa, near the Tomb of Menecrates...
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    "Definition of Hoplite". www.merriam-webster.com. "hoplite". www.dictionary.com. Retrieved 5 May 2019. Neer, Richard T. (2012). Art & Archaeology of the Greek...
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  • of the caduceus. The Gorgon was placed at the center, highest point of one of the pediments on the Temple of Artemis at Corfu. Asclepius, the son of Apollo...
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    temple entirely built of stone is represented by the early 6th century BC Artemis Temple in Kerkyra (modern Corfu). All parts of this building are bulky...
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    of Corinth (8th century BC), a semi-legendary bard of the Bacchiad ruling family in archaic Corinth, who was treasured as the traditional composer of...
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    of Artemis, Corfu, about 580–570 BCE. Large parts of the sculptural group are in the Archaeological Museum of Corfu, including the central figure of the...
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    Korkyra (polis) (category History of Corfu (city))
    was an ancient Greek city on the island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea that is adjacent to Epirus. It was a colony of Corinth that was founded in the Archaic...
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    Gorgons (redirect from Head of Gorgon)
    flanked in Mistress of Animals style by a pair of lions; pediment from the temple of Artemis in Corfu, Archaeological Museum of Corfu (early sixth century...
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    pediment of the Temple of Artemis in Corfu, c.580 BC, probably limestone, Archaeological Museum of Corfu, Kerkyra, Greece Ancient Greek west front of the Temple...
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    Pyrrho (redirect from Pyrrho of Elis)
    Pyrrho of Elis (/ˈpɪroʊ/; Ancient Greek: Πύρρων ὁ Ἠλεῖος; c. 360 – c. 270 BC) was a Greek philosopher of Classical antiquity, credited as being the first...
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    Apotropaic magic (category Anthropology of religion)
    maint: location missing publisher (link) Hoggard, Brian (2004). "The archaeology of counter-witchcraft and popular magic", in Beyond the Witch Trials: Witchcraft...
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    removed and are exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. The location of Gardiki at the narrow southwest flank of Corfu provided protection to the fields...
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    vestige of the earliest Greek protective deity that often was featured atop temples of later eras. The western pediment from the Artemis Temple of Corfu is...
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    Stele (category Archaeological artefact types)
    and the words "stele" and "stelae" are most consistently applied in archaeological contexts to objects from Europe, the ancient Near East and Egypt, China...
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  • of the Western world. Historically, the term refers to the philosophical thinking of Western culture, beginning with the ancient Greek philosophy of the...
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    sculptures being fragments of a Gorgon flanked by heraldic panthers from the centre of the pediment of the Artemis Temple of Corfu. A metope from a temple...
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  • Somme valley John Disney publishes first edition of Museum Disneianum Journal of the British Archaeological Association first published February 19 - Charles...
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    century BC and it is one of the earliest funerary lions ever found. The sculpture is exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. There also is speculation...
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  • John Papadimitriou (category Academic staff of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
    first national archaeological museum, based on a study of his surviving manuscripts. While on Corfu, he worked largely on Byzantine archaeology, publishing...
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    from Corfu, he held the title of Count of Capo d'Istria and became a member of the island's Great Council. Antonios was chosen as a representative of the...
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  • Murujuga or Burrup Peninsula Ngarrabullgan Keilor archaeological site Sunbury earth rings Kow Swamp Archaeological Site Wurdi Youang Mount William stone axe quarry...
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