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Archaeological museum of amphipolis
The Archaeological Museum of Amphipolis is a museum in Amphipolis, Central Macedonia, Greece. It is located in the archaeological site of ancient Amphipolis (a city founded in 437 BC), near River Strymon at close range of the Thessaloniki–Kavala national highway and within the walls of the ancient city itself. There is a stone- built cist tomb under the museum itself.
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Description
The museum, on two floors, contains many items related to the history and civilisation of Amphipolis dating from the Archaic into the Byzantine period, and also from some of the ancient sites of the surrounding areas. It is well laid out and with labels and information panels.
The finds are displayed in chronological order and comprise the following groups:
There are also finds from ancient Argilos and Eion, the port of ancient Amphipolis, together with wall panels relating the history of ancient Amphipolis and the surrounding area. Also, an 18th-century historians’ correspondence about ancient Amphipolis, along with photographs of the unearthing and restoration of the Lion of Amphipolis, in 1913.