Archaeological museum of Thera
Illustration — Amphora from Thera, c. Thera The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
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Archaeological museum of Thera
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Illustration — Amphora from Thera, c. Thera The Archaeological Museum of Thera is a museum in Fira, Santorini, Greece. It was built in 1960 to replace an older one which had collapsed by the 1956 Amorgos earthquake.
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Its collection houses artifacts that range from the Archaic to the Roman periods. Exposed artifacts include pottery and amphorae of Geometric and Archaic periods. Many of these objects come from the ancient cemetery of Thera. One of them is a krater with Attic black figures from grave no. 1, with four ships on the internal surface, around the rim.
It is associated with Greece. The record gives 1960 as its date of establishment or first appearance. It is recorded in the collection of Santorini.
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Archaeological museum of Thera established.
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Archaeological museum of Thera is recorded from 1960.
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