Archaeological Museum of Sifnos

The Archaeological Museum of Sifnos is a

period. There are mostly local finds.

The building of the museum belongs to the medieval nucleus of the Kastro. It was restored by the

and opened to the public in 1986.

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  Historical building of the Museum
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  Early Cycladic kandila (chandelier), marble, ca 3000 BC
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  Cases with Greek geometric and archaic pottery
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  Protocorinthian cotyle, early 7th century BC
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  Base of marble perirhanterion (holy water bowl) from the Kastro of Sifnos
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  Rooms with ancient sculptures
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  Eroded head of a Kouros, marble, 550 BC
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  Part of marble stele, inscribed with decree honouring a Delian lyre player, Hellenistic period
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  Roman portrait of a man, marble
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  Fresco from a church at Kastro of Sifnos, ca 1700 AD

External links

• Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
• Archaeological Museum of Sifnos on www.greeka.com

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