Museo Arqueológico

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Straight from the airport to our first museum.

We learnt about the history of Iberia and Spain from pre-historic times up to the present day *head still spinning*.

Here are some of the pieces which caught my eye.

Lady of Galera 5th century BC
Rear container for ritual oil to anoint the dead
Roman Sarcophagus found in Astoria with biblical scenes c.310AD
Capital of ‘Abd al-Rahman II, 9thC AD.
Window arch, Cordóba, 14thC
Detail of window arch
Guilded & polychromed tabernacle door, Cathedral of Jaén, 15th century
Dome, Palacio de los Cárdenas, Toledo 15th century
Magistrate of Tiermes (Soria) bronze c.22-37 AD
Ceiling of the Great Mosque of Córdoba (scale model) when Iberia was known as Al-Andalus, 5th-8th centuries.
Livid, wife of Augustus with her son Tiberius, c14-19
Veraco Pig, Vettonian culture, Ãvila, 3rd – 1stC BC
Great Lady Offerant, Castillo, 3rdC BC

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