I am the Lion of Kythera - Archaeological Museum of Kythera
Archaeological Museum of Kythera (Greece).
Let's watch the story of... I am the Lion of Kythera, by the Archaelogical Museum of Kythera (2016).
Category: Storytelling
Director: Giorgios Didimiotis
Soundtrack’s author: Chloeo Kamberou
Production: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport. General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage. Ephorate of Anquities of Piraeus, West Attica & the Islands.
The Archaeological Museum of Kythera won top recognitions in at the 5th European Museums in Short competition 2018, an international contest for the best short videos shot by, for and with museums. It is a 10-minute mixed media documentary shown in the room next to the Archaic marble lion of Kythera recounts the adventures of this emblematic sculpture, starting from the 19th century when it was located on the ramparts of the castle in Chora until its placement in the current exhibition.
To Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κυθήρων, συμμετείχε στον διεθνή διαγωνισμό με την ταινία μικρού μήκους «Είμαι ο Λέων των Κυθήρων» (I am the Lion of Kythera) , τιμήθηκε με το Βραβείο Κοινού στον ευρωπαϊκό διαγωνισμό «Museums in Short 2018». Η ταινία του Μουσείου Κυθήρων πέτυχε επίσης την κατάταξη της στην βραχεία λίστα των τεσσάρων διακριθέντων ταινιών στην κατηγορία story telling.
Kythira, Greece - Kythira Town - AtlasVisual
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Kythira Town is a picturesque village on the southern part of the island, in an altitude of 247 m, with whitewashed houses, beautiful gardens, narrow streets, old mansions, and a Venetian castle from the 13th century. There are hotels, taverns with fresh fish and local cuisine, cafés, souvenir shops and an archaeological museum.
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Laconian Lion in the (closed) Kytherian Archaeological Museum
This Laconian lion has an interesting past.
It is thought to have originally stood in the ancient capital of Kythera at Paliocastro, then was taken to the kastro in Hora by the Venetians, was stolen by the Germans in WWII and taken to Germany...
Then was refound in a store room in Germany by Prof George Cassimatis and brought back to Athens - then eventually repatriated back to Kythera some time later.
Unfortunately it's not on public display because the Kytherian Archaeological Museum has been closed for nearly 5 years.
1/2 Tourism in Greece Visit the island of Santorini archaeological excavations
Octobre 2012 : une activité volcanique en suspend, les restes de l’époque égyptienne, les ruines datant de la Grèce antique, les cultures en terrasses abandonnées, un village d’aujourd’hui, une carrière de sable et de gravier, nombreuses chapelles et églises neuves (d'apparence pour le moins)
Dig Greece 2012
In 2012, 13 Simon Fraser University students traveled from Vancouver, Canada to the island of Kefalonia, Greece to participate i na 3 month archaeological dig.
Archaeology Of Kythera 1. 9. 2016
The Archaeology of Kythera was an event hosted by the Kytherian Society of California on Saturday, January 9, 2016.
Aproximately 60 people, gathered at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church to hear Dr. Lita Tzortzopoulou Gregory & Dr. Timothy Gregory share their research and new book, The Archaeology of Kythera.
Members and friends had the opportunity to mingle and enjoy refreshments..
Tim and LIta shared a powerpoint presentation of slides as well as leading a delightful discussion of archaeoogical sites on the island. The audience was engaged in the conversation as many questions and points of view were shared in the hour long event.
7200 Year Old Bowl Found In Kythera
This is a 7200 year old bowl found in Kythera.
It helped to date human existence on the island a further 2000 years prior than was previously known. Aris Tsaravopoulos the archaeologist who found this object provides an overview of the significance of the item.
What were these people like? And how did they get there?... are mysteries waiting to be investigated.
This artifact (artefact) has been restored and now sits in a glass cabinet in the locked Kytherian museum in Hora which has been closed since 2006.
There is currently no idea IF or when the Kytherian museum might reopen. Pressure is needed from Kytherians around to world to fix the museum problem.
2,000 Year Old Computer - Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism - Full Documentary HD
A Greek shipwreck holds the remains of an intricate bronze machine that turns out to be the world's first computer. In 1900, a storm blew a boatload of sponge divers off course and forced them to take shelter by the tiny Mediterranean island of Antikythera. Diving the next day, they discovered a 2,000 year-old Greek shipwreck. Among the ship's cargo they hauled up was an unimpressive green lump of corroded bronze. Rusted remnants of gear wheels could be seen on its surface, suggesting some kind of intricate mechanism. The first X-ray studies confirmed that idea, but how it worked and what it was for puzzled scientists for decades. Recently, hi-tech imaging has revealed the extraordinary truth: this unique clockwork machine was the world's first computer. An array of 30 intricate bronze gear wheels, originally housed in a shoebox-size wooden case, was designed to predict the dates of lunar and solar eclipses, track the Moon's subtle motions through the sky, and calculate the dates of significant events such as the Olympic Games. No device of comparable technological sophistication is known from anywhere in the world for at least another 1,000 years. So who was the genius inventor behind it? And what happened to the advanced astronomical and engineering knowledge of its makers? NOVA follows the ingenious sleuthing that finally decoded the truth behind the amazing ancient Greek computer.
The Antikythera mechanism was designed to predict movements of the sun, moon and planets.
The artifact was recovered probably in July 1901 from the Antikythera shipwreck off the Greek island of Antikythera. Believed to have been designed and constructed by Greek scientists, the instrument has been dated either between 150 and 100 BC, or, according to a more recent view, in 205 BC.
After the knowledge of this technology was lost at some point in antiquity, technological artefacts approaching its complexity and workmanship did not appear again until the development of mechanical astronomical clocks in Europe in the fourteenth century.
All known fragments of the Antikythera mechanism are kept at the National Archaeological Museum, in Athens, along with a number of artistic reconstructions of how the mechanism may have looked.
Generally referred to as the first known analogue computer, the quality and complexity of the mechanism's manufacture suggests it has undiscovered predecessors made during the Hellenistic period. Its construction relied upon theories of astronomy and mathematics developed by Greek astronomers, and is estimated to have been created around the late second century BC.
In 1974, Derek de Solla Price concluded from gear settings and inscriptions on the mechanism's faces that it was made about 87 BC and lost only a few years later. Jacques Cousteau and associates visited the wreck in 1976 and recovered coins dated to between 76 and 67 BC. Though its advanced state of corrosion has made it impossible to perform an accurate compositional analysis, it is believed the device was made of a low-tin bronze alloy (of approximately 95% copper, 5% tin). All its instructions are written in Koine Greek, and the consensus among scholars is that the mechanism was made in the Greek-speaking world.
Είμαι ο Λέων των Κυθήρων - Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο των Κυθήρων
Είμαι ο Λέων των Κυθήρων μια ταινία της Εφορείας Αρχαιοτήτων Πειραιώς και Νήσων.
Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο των Κυθήρων
Category: Storytelling
Director: Giorgios Didimiotis
Soundtrack’s author: Chloeo Kamberou
Production: Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sport. General Directorate of Antiquities and Cultural Heritage. Ephorate of Anquities of Piraeus, West Attica & the Islands.
To Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Κυθήρων, συμμετείχε στον διεθνή διαγωνισμό με την ταινία μικρού μήκους «Είμαι ο Λέων των Κυθήρων» (I am the Lion of Kythera) , τιμήθηκε με το Βραβείο Κοινού στον ευρωπαϊκό διαγωνισμό «Museums in Short 2018». Η ταινία του Μουσείου Κυθήρων πέτυχε επίσης την κατάταξη της στην βραχεία λίστα των τεσσάρων διακριθέντων ταινιών στην κατηγορία story telling.
The Antikythera Mechanism - 2D
More than 21 centuries ago, a mechanism of fabulous ingenuity was created in Greece, a device capable of indicating exactly how the sky would look for decades to come -- the position of the moon and sun, lunar phases and even eclipses. But this incredible invention would be drowned in the sea and its secret forgotten for two thousand years.
This video is a tribute from Swiss clock-maker Hublot and film-maker Philippe Nicolet to this device, known as the Antikythera Mechanism, or the world's first computer. The fragments of the Mechanism were discovered in 1901 by sponge divers near the island of Antikythera. It is kept since then at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
For more than a century, researchers were trying to understand its functions. Since 2005, a pluridisciplinary research team, the Antikythera Mechanism Research Project, is studying the Mechanism with the latest high tech available.
The results of this ongoing research has enabled the construction of many models. Amongst them, the unique mechanism of a watch, designed by Hublot as a tribute to the Mechanism, is incorporating the known functions of this mysterious and fascinating ancient Mechanism.
A model of the Antikythera Mechanism, built by the Aristotle University in Greece, together with the mechanism of the watch and this film in 3D are featuring in an exhibition about the Mechanism that is taking place in Paris, at the Musée des Arts et Métiers.
The original fragments of the Mechanism, its main models and the watch designed by Hublot are on display at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece.
Community Archaeology/Rediscovering Kythera's Ancient Capital - Stacey Speaks
Stacey explains how she felt about the archaeology project at Paleokastro in Kythera during July this year.
Stacey, her 10 year-old daughter Georgia and cousin Pia volunteered to help archaeologists dig in Kythera.
Greek government archaeologists were assisted by a team of archaeology students from Greece, members of the local community and Diaspora - in a 'Community Backed' project.
The idea is a 360 degree approach, where the community supports archaeologists - who conduct field research in the quest for new evidence from the past, which then gets documented/analysed, then shared back with the community as a new chapter of history.
Perhaps this 'Community Backed' concept can be applied throughout Greece (potentially also in other countries), in letting the Diaspora help support/sponsor the search for new information about their heritage.
Thank you Maria Fardoulis for taking this video.
Scott Entertaining the Archaeology Crew
Chilling out on the Greek island of Kythera one afternoon, after digging all morning.
Scott and George made guest appearances at the live music bar in Avlemonas.
Volunteers Learning about Ancient Kytherian History
Greek Archaeologist Aris Tsaravopoulos teaches Kytherian-Australian volunteers about artifacts they found that morning - during the July 2010 dig at Paliokastro.
A unique and special way to learn about ancient Kytherian history from the ground (dirt) up.
Community Archaeology/Rediscovering Kythera's Ancient Capital - John Prineas Speaks
John shares his knowledge about Paleokastro (Kythera) and thoughts regarding the archaeology project that took place there in July this year.
John's family is closely connected with Paleokastro as they own land, under which, part of the Laconian city that functioned for approximately 500 years before Christ - is buried.
John used to visit the family's fields on the side of the mountain when he was a boy, before migrating to Australia after WWII.
Another interesting connection is that the historic church of Agios Kosmas is built on their family land!
This church is very special, it was constructed approximately 720 years ago, utilizing Doric columns from 2600 years ago.
Greek government archaeologists were assisted by a team of archaeology students from Greece, members of the local community and Diaspora - in a 'Community Backed' project.
The idea is a 360 degree approach, where the community supports archaeologists - who conduct field research in the quest for new evidence from the past, which then gets documented/analysed, then shared back with the community as a new chapter of history.
Perhaps this 'Community Backed' concept can be applied throughout Greece (potentially also in other countries), in letting the Diaspora help support/sponsor the search for new information about their heritage.
Thank you Maria Fardoulis for taking this video.
Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιά - Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιά
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
To Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο Πειραιά είναι αρχαιολογικό μουσείο που βρίσκεται στον Πειραιά στη συλλογή του οποίου ανήκουν κυρίως ευρήματα ανασκαφών, που καλύπτουν την περίοδο από τη μυκηναϊκή μέχρι και τη ρωμαϊκή εποχή.
Η μόνιμη έκθεση του Αρχαιολογικού Μουσείου Πειραιά περιλαμβάνει ευρήματα των σωστικών και συστηματικών ανασκαφών του Πειραιά, της Καλλιθέας, του Μοσχάτου, της αττικής παραλίας ως τη Βάρκιζα, των νησιών του Αργοσαρωνικού και των Κυθήρων, καθώς και δύο αξιόλογες ιδιωτικές συλλογές, τη Συλλογή Μελετοπούλου-Νομίδου και τη Συλλογή Γερουλάνου. Πρόκειται για πήλινα και χάλκινα αγγεία, ειδώλια, μικροαντικείμενα, κοσμήματα, μουσικά όργανα, χάλκινα και μαρμάρινα αγάλματα, αναθηματικά και επιτύμβια ανάγλυφα, που χρονολογικά καλύπτουν τη μακρά περίοδο από το 18ο αι. π.Χ. έως τον 4ο αι. μ.Χ., ωστόσο κυριαρχούν τα εκθέματα του 5ου και 4ου αι. π.Χ., κυρίως όσα σχετίζονται με την παράλληλη πορεία της Αθήνας και του Πειραιά, και εκείνα που αναφέρονται στον ιδιωτικό βίο, κατά κύριο λόγο τα ταφικά μνημεία. Μερικά από τα εκθέματα του μουσείου είναι ιδιαίτερα σπάνια, όπως τα περίφημα χάλκινα αγάλματα, το εντυπωσιακό μνημείο της Καλλιθέας, τα ειδώλια του μινωικού ιερού κορυφής των Κυθήρων και του μυκηναϊκού ιερού των Μεθάνων.
Η έκθεση αναπτύσσεται σε θεματικές ενότητες, που είναι δομημένες κατά χρονολογική σειρά, έτσι ώστε ο επισκέπτης να αντιλαμβάνεται την πορεία της πόλης, τη σημασία και την εξέλιξή της στις διάφορες περιόδους, καθώς και τη σχέση της με την ιστορία της Αθήνας. Παράλληλα, η έκθεση φωτίζει διαφορετικές πτυχές από το ρόλο του Πειραιά, τη ζωή και την προέλευση των κατοίκων του, την οικονομία και τις διάφορες μορφές έκφρασης της αρχαίας αττικής τέχνης. Καταλαμβάνει συνολικά δέκα αίθουσες και στους δύο ορόφους του μουσείου και η ιδιομορφία της είναι ότι ξεκινά από τον όροφο για να καταλήξει στο ισόγειο. Χάρτες και σχεδιαγράμματα στην είσοδο του μουσείου ενημερώνουν τον επισκέπτη για τους αρχαιολογικούς χώρους του Πειραιά, ενώ σε όλες τις αίθουσες η έκθεση πλαισιώνεται από πλούσιο πληροφοριακό υλικό.
Τα χάλκινα αγάλματα του Πειραιά (αίθουσες 3-4 του ορόφου)
Σε δύο αίθουσες παρουσιάζονται τα πιο σημαντικά και εντυπωσιακά εκθέματα του μουσείου, τα χάλκινα αγάλματα που βρέθηκαν κοντά στο λιμάνι του Πειραιά το 1959. Πρόκειται για τέσσερα μεγάλα αγάλματα και ένα τραγικό προσωπείο, που είχαν φυλαχθεί όλα μαζί για να μην καταστραφούν, στις αρχές του 1ου αι. π.Χ., ίσως κατά τη διάρκεια του Μιθριδατικού πολέμου ή κατά την άλωση του Πειραιά από το Σύλλα. Το σημαντικότερο και πιο γνωστό από αυτά είναι ο κούρος που απεικονίζει τον Απόλλωνα. Από τα άλλα αγάλματα, δύο απεικονίζουν την Αρτέμιδα και ένα την Αθηνά.
Archaeological Museum of Piraeus
The Archaeological Museum of Piraeus is an archaeological museum located in Piraeus whose collection includes mainly finds of excavations, covering the period from the Mycenaean to the Roman times.
The permanent exhibition of the Piraeus Archaeological Museum includes findings of the surviving and systematic excavations of Piraeus, Kallithea, Moschato, Attica beach to Varkiza, Argosaronikos and Kythira islands, as well as two remarkable private collections, the Meltepoulou-Nomidou Collection and the Gerulanos Collection. These are clay and bronze vases, figurines, small items, jewelery, musical instruments, bronze and marble statues, votive and tombstone reliefs that date back to the long period from the 18th century. B.C. until the 4th c. AD, but the exhibits of the 5th and 4th c. BC, especially those related to the parallel course of Athens and Piraeus, and those referring to private life, mainly the funerary monuments. Some of the exhibits of the museum are rare, such as the famous bronze statues, the impressive monument of Kallithea, the figurines of the Minoan sanctuary of Kythira and the Mycenaean sanctuary of Methana.
The exhibition is developed in thematic sections, structured in chronological order so that the visitor perceives the course of the city, its significance and its evolution in different periods, as well as its relation to the history of Athens. At the same time, the exhibition highlights different aspects of the role of Piraeus, the life and origins of its inhabitants, the economy and the various forms of expression of ancient Attic art. It occupies a total of ten rooms on both floors of the museum and its peculiarity is that it starts from the floor to reach the ground floor. Maps and drawings at the entrance of the museum inform the visitor about the archaeological sites of Piraeus, while in all the halls the exhibition is framed by rich information material.
INTERNATIONAL APPEAL BY GREEK ARCHAEOLOGISTS (ENG VERSION)
A 57'' spot to support the international campaign by S.E.A. (Greek Archaeologists Association) against the IMF / E.U. cuts in Culture ( in GREECE -and not only there..!.)
Inspired by the recent museum thefts in Athens and Olympia. 19.000 archaeological sites in danger. ACT NOW.
MONUMENTS HAVE NO VOICE. THEY MUST HAVE YOURS.
Antikythera machanism Athens Archeological Museum
From 2013 National Archeological Museum of Athens exhibition of antikthyera shipwreck:
Ancient Greek treasures recovered from the wreck of Lord Elgin’s ship
Marine archaeologists have recovered ancient treasures from the wreck of the Mentor, a ship used by the controversial Lord Elgin to transport a hoard of artifactstaken from Greece. The ship, which was carrying a cargo of 17 boxes of antiquities, sank in September 1802 after striking rocks off the island of Kythira. Much of the ship’s cargo, including the controversial“Elgin Marbles,” was recovered in a salvage mission after its sinking. However, many ancient artifacts remained on the seabed, according to Artnet News. A team of...
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The Road to Christoforianika, on the island of Kythera
Vikki and Terry, two cousins from the USA, visit the village of their grandparents on the island of Kythera. August 2008