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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Titanomachy (redirect from War of the Titans)
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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Greek art (redirect from List of art museums in Greece)
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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Serpent symbolism (section Nagas of Indochina)
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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Western philosophy (redirect from History of Western philosophy)
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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Ancient Greek architecture (redirect from Architecture of Greece)
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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