Mitsotakis visits the archeological site and the museum of the Ancient Agora

Today, museums across the country are opening after the coronavirus measures were lifted and Kyriakos Mitsotakis chose to visit an emblematic place for the city.

Kyriakos Mitsotakis, who arrived on foot at the spot through Monastiraki, was guided by the Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni. Kyriakos Mitsotakis and the Minister of Culture toured the area with masks and all the measures proposed by EODY.

The museum's exhibition includes findings from excavations by the American School of Classical Studies in the Ancient Agora dating from Neolithic times to the post-Byzantine era and the Turkish occupation. The exhibition is organized in chronological and thematic sections and provides important information about the private and public life of the ancient Athenians.

The oldest exhibits, pottery, figurines, weapons and pottery shards date back to the Neolithic, Early and Middle Bronze, Mycenaean and Geometric periods and come mainly from shallow wells and burials explored in the wider Agora area.

The most important exhibits of the Museum are related to the functions of the Athenian Democratic regime and date back to the classical and post-classical times. These include: public clay mills, official bronze mills, a marble lottery section, bronze court boards, a clay hourglass, bronze court votes, and shards engraved with the names of well-known generals and politicians of ancient times.