Object from Athens NAM
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The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Ancient North American stone weapons and tools sent as a gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum to Greece in May 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
On May 11, 1931, the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, George Papandreou requested that a box from Cincinnati be cleared through the Piraeus port customs. (Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
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The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, locate
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The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, located in the storerooms of the National Archaeological Museum. The stone weapons and tools were wrapped in pages of The Cincinnati Enquirer of February 9, 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Ancient North American stone weapons and tools sent as a gift of the Cincinnati Art Museum to Greece in May 1931. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
Three terracotta vases from Arizona and New Mexico, made in the 19th c. CE by the Hopi and the Zuni Tribes, sent to Greece in May 1931. The representation of the deer with the “heartline” stands out, symbolizing the hunter’s wish for the peaceful surrender of the animal’s soul, 19th c. CE. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum. The vases are presented with the kind consent of the Zuni Pueblo)
On May 11, 1931, the Minister of Education and Religious Affairs, George Papandreou requested that a box from Cincinnati be cleared through the Piraeus port customs. (Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum)
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The cardboard box with the ancient lithics from North America, locate
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