THESSALONIKI : The Archaeological Museum 🏺, what to see! Top Museum in GREECE

THESSALONIKI : The Archaeological Museum 🏺, what to see! Top Museum in GREECE

[Applause] hello this is vic welcome to my channel and thank you for viewing my videos today i’m the beautiful country of greece and i’m visiting the second largest city of greece i’m in the beautiful city of thessaloniki in northern greece in this particular video we’re going to visit one of the most important

Archaeological museums in europe this is the archaeological museum of thessaloniki so let’s go for a walk in southern museum and let’s enjoy these spectacular exhibits this is veg let’s go for a walk we have so much to see to enjoy and to learn let’s do it [Applause]

And uh here’s a quick view of the exterior of the archaeological museum here in the city of thessaloniki in northern greece it was built in the 1960s in order to house the archaeological treasures found in northern greece and mainly in macedonia which is of course part of greece

I’m about 300 meters directly behind the main landmark of thessaloniki the beautiful white tower and the exhibition grounds of thessaloniki are to my left so let’s go inside this world renowned museum let’s enjoy the treasures that are exhibited the ticket will cost us eight euros and we’re going to have a great time

And a lot to learn and a lot to see and to admire come on let’s do it there are many parts to this fascinating museum but we’re going to start here where the most important exhibits are displayed at from the venny tombs we’re gonna start from this vase right here

And here’s a view of the magnificent and world famous darvini vase of about a meter and 20 centimeters of height made in the fourth century before christ and it was discovered in 1962 in five tombs in the area of their venni here in thessaloniki that’s the name and look at the detail

On this magnificent object if there is a single object that you should see in this magnificent museum it’s this one it was used to mix water and wine and it was found in one of the five tombs that were discovered in 1962 absolutely magnificent one of those most magnificent

Bases greek vases that you will see anywhere in the world because there are thousands and thousands of aces displayed greek vases all around the world but this one tops them all that their venny face magnificent and uh after that stunning vase that we just saw let’s look at some more items from the

Their vennie tombs here’s a golden wreath a myrtle golden wreath look at the beauty of this particular object beautiful isn’t it absolutely stunning and down next to the vase we find more items from the darvani tombs and look at this huge display here that requires a special look here we see silver plates

And cups and a variety of items made out of silver these things on the bottom that you see are stone vases that once contained perfumes clay items for the table here’s a glass cup right there and the most remarkable object of course is there is another wreath right there and this one

We can see very beautifully from the top you can see the detail and the jewelry below it here’s the whole display of priceless items engine items and here’s another display that requires special attention from the darvani tubes and here at one end we find beautiful bronze vessels water jugs cups

Perfume containers right in the middle of the frame two swords right there here’s the board game and more bronze items here on this side in perfect shape all of them and they are two and a half thousand years old these two items that you see here were worn

By a soldier to protect the lower part of his legs during battle and here we see some jewelry discovered in a lady’s tomb from the sixth century before christ from cintos look at that beautiful necklace right there magnificent and here’s an absolutely stunning golden wreath from the fourth century before christ

Look at this absolutely beautiful object here at the museum hundreds of leaves and flowers on it now in order to appreciate the beauty of this item we need to get down to the floor here and look at it from below and from above and from the side as well

This is absolutely incredible keep in mind this is from the 4th century before christ well we saw the fascinating dervany exhibit now let’s move on to another part of the museum where we can visit the most important displays of statues and mosaics let’s go this way come on

And here’s a beautiful marble statue of dionysus the god of wine from the second century after christ the hair is decorated with a beautiful elaborate hairstyle as you can see there and uh here’s a beautiful detail from a marble sarcophagus from the second century after christ look at the detail here

Showing young men look how beautifully carved this marble sarcophagus is and the detail on it and here is a beautiful statue of a young greek man holding an amphora this statue is from the first century after christ and it was most likely used as part of a fountain in a wealthy home

You can see the hole here on the amphora that he’s holding water was coming out [Applause] onto a fountain at one point in time when this statue was first installed at a wealthy home it’s a beautiful statue look at the detail here and uh here’s a beautiful marble tombstone

From the fifth century before christ it is about a meter and a half in height and it shows a young greek woman holding a dove right there you can spend quite a bit of time here in this beautiful museum looking at the different tombstones displayed they’re all very very interesting and fascinating

And here is a marble portrait from the second century after christ made out of beautiful white marble quite possibly of alexander the great now this statue here that you see resembles very much the statue of alexander the great in the british museum in london you can find a video about that particular statue

On my channel this one that you see here is very very similar to the one in london and here’s an absolutely beautiful door to a macedonian tomb from the fourth century before christ this door that you see here is about two meters in height and it was the entrance to a

Tomb of over six and a half meters in length with two chambers this door is made out of pure white marble with copper decorations as you can see here now a lot of historians believe that glass was invented by the romans and here in this museum in thessaloniki this exhibit we find

Glass vases and necklaces that date from the sixth century before christ and here’s a bronze helmet from the sixth century before christ in perfect shape here at the museum and i here we find jewelry from the tomb of a wealthy woman from the 2nd century before christ

And some more items from the same tomb look at this beautiful jewelry and a detail especially of the earrings on the left and on the right side of the frame here is a collection of clay figurines of female figures all these figurines that you see here date from the fourth

To the fifth century before christ and here is another beautiful display of Clay figurines this one includes figurines from the third and second century before christ and how beautiful these ones are here look at the detail on some of them and finally guys let’s come down to the courtyard of this beautiful museum here in thessaloniki here’s a courtyard and before we leave we must visit

This beautiful exhibit here of sarcophagi from around greece look at this beautiful one here with all the detail in another museum this sarcophagus here will be placed on the very first floor and it would be the main exhibit here they’re placed in the courtyard they’re absolutely beautiful so before

You leave make sure you come down here and you visit this space here this is vic thank you for joining me all the way from thessaloniki this was the archaeological museum visited on a very rainy day but we enjoyed the visit nevertheless bye bye you

Thessaloniki, Greece – the Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum tour in Greece. Let’s travel to Greece and let’s visit the country’s second largest city, Thessaloniki. We are going to tour the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki which is one of the largest museums in Greece and the central museum of northern Greece.
The Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki is a museum in Thessaloniki, Central Macedonia, Greece. It holds and interprets artifacts from the Prehistoric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic and Roman periods, mostly from the city of Thessaloniki but also from the region of Macedonia in general.
Built in 1962, the museum had a new wing added to it in 1980, in which the findings from Vergina were displayed, up until 1997. In 2001 and 2004, in the run-up to the 2004 Athens Olympics, the museum was extensively renovated and its permanent exhibits reorganized.
The central rooms hold exhibits from the archaeological excavations conducted in Thessaloniki and the broader area of Macedonia. The new wing hosts two exhibitions: The Gold of Macedon, with artefacts from the cemeteries of Sindos, Agia Paraskevi, Nea Filadelfia, Makrygialos, Derveni, Lete, Serres, and Evropos; and The Thessaloniki Area in Prehistory, with material from prehistoric settlements, dating from the Neolithic to the Early and Late Bronze Age.
In the new wing, the Gold of Macedon exhibition includes finds from numerous excavations in Central Macedonia. Taking the history of gold as its central theme, it presents the culture of Macedonia from the 6th century BC to 148 BC, discussing the use of gold (jewellery, sartorial decoration, gilding of objects and vessels, coins), the technology of the manufacture of gold jewellery, and the techniques of gold mining. There are also numerous finds from cemeteries, and their role in burial customs is described.
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