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Location
  
Seville, Spain

Province
  
Province of Seville

Phone
  
+34 955 12 06 32

Architect
  
Aníbal González

Archeological Museum of Seville

Address
  
Plaza América, s/n, 41013 Sevilla, Spain

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–8PMDía de Andalucía might affect these hoursTuesday(Día de Andalucía)9AM–8PMHours might differWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday9AM–8PMSaturday9AM–8PMSunday9AM–3PMMondayClosed

Similar
  
Museum of Arts and Traditions, Plaza de América, Italica, Maria Luisa Park, Museum of Fine Arts of Seville

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The Archeological Museum of Seville (Spanish: Museo Arqueológico de Sevilla) is a museum in Seville, southern Spain, housed in the Pabellón del Renacimiento, one of the pavilions designed by the architect Aníbal González[1]. These pavilions at the Plaza de España were created for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

Contents

The El Carambolo treasure

The museum's basement houses the El Carambolo treasure, discovered in Camas (3 km NW of Seville) in 1958. The treasure comprises 2950 grams of 24 carat gold and consists of golden bracelets, a golden chain with pendant, buckles, belt- and forehead plates. Some regard the El Carambolo treasure as proof of the Tartessian roots of Seville. This is, however, disputed because the treasure includes a small figurine of Astarte, a Phoenician goddess.

Roman exhibits

Other halls of the museum contain findings from the Roman era, many of which are from the nearby Roman city of Itálica. The Itálica exhibits include mosaics, statues (including the famous Venus of Itálica), and busts of the emperors Augustus, Vespasianus, Trajan and Hadrian.

References

Archeological Museum of Seville Wikipedia