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View of the internal Yard.
The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is housed in the medieval building of the
Hospital of the Knights. The building was founded in 1440 by
Grand Master de Lastic with money bequeathed by his predecessor, Fluvian, and
completed in 1489 by Grand Master d'Aubusson.
The museum is a two-store building, with an internal Yard, all four sides of
which are lined with porticoes.
In its six rooms and the Garden are exhibited interesting finds, dating from
all Periods of the island's History. Objects which were discovered during archaeological
excavations. In the garden the visitor can see sculptures and funerary steles of the
Hellenic period.
The Museum atrium contains also various statues and fragments of funerary monuments.
A floor mosaic from Arkasa, Karpathos has been laid in the recess on the south side
of the atrium and at the back of the recess stands a reconstruction of a tombstone in
front of a small temple, housing a trophy.
The Museum houses the following collections:
- Tomb groups from ancient Ialysos of the Geometric and Classical periods: vases, figurines, jewellery, metal objects.
- Tomb groups from ancient Kamiros of the Geometric and Classical periods: vases and small objects.
- A collection of Classical, Hellenistic and Roman sculpture.
- Mosaic floors of the Hellenistic period from Rhodes town and of the Early Christian period from Karpathos.
- Funerary slabs from the period of the Knights with relief representations of the dead persons or of their coats of arms.
The most important exhibits in the Museum are:
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Amphora of Fikellura style Rhodian workshop. It has palmettes below the handles and depicts an animal on the front and back. 6th c. BC.
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Two Headless Archaic Kouroi from Kamiros. 550-530 BC
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Kylix of Vroulian style Rhodian workshop. 6th c. BC.
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Black-figure Attic amphora showing a warrior's departure. 6th c. BC.
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Grave stele of Krito and Timarista with two standing female figures. Timarista, fullface, in a chiton and peplos embraces Krito, who is dressed in a chiton and himation and has short hair. 420-410 BC.
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Grave stele of Kalliarista. It depicts the dead Kalliarista, seated, in a chiton and himation which covers her head. Her servant, standing, holds a pyxis with her cosmetics. The stele has a pedimental capping resting on pilasters. Ca. 350 BC.
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Marble head of an athlete. 4th c. BC.
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Marble head of Helios. Fine example of Hellenistic baroque. 250-160 BC.
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Marble statue of a nude squatting Aphrodite. A remodeling of the Doidalsas type. Ca. 100 AD.
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Portrait copy, probably of the comic poet Menander.
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Part of the introductory text as well as all the information (text and ../images) regarding the most important exhibits of the Museum
were provided by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture.
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