mode : 10 . 00 to 17. 00 ( day off - Monday).
Odessa Archaeological Museum, one of the oldest in the country , was founded in 1825.
Its development was promoted in 1839 Odessa Society of History and Antiquities , which had the right to carry out excavations in southern Russia.
is now in the museum are more than 160 thousand exhibits , which are the largest collection of sources on the ancient history of Northern Black Sea coast.
In addition, there are also collections of monuments of Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome , coins and medals.
The best examples of ancient sculpture exhibited in the lobby of the building , specially built for the museum in 1883.
In the first two rooms are shown materials covering a vast period of time: from the appearance of man - to the second.
millennium BC. Oe.Of particular interest are the finds from settlements and cemeteries cultures Gumelnitsa, Tripoli , Usatove ,
barrows and hoards of bronze.
In the first millennium BC. Oe. on the northern shores of the Black Sea city was founded colonies, Olbia , Tyra, Niconium,
Panticapaeum , Hersonissos .Evidence of flourishing ancient civilization Painted vessels, terracottas, sculptures,
inscriptions, objects of artistic craftsmanship, which has a museum.
The culture of Scythian tribes living in this time in the Black Sea steppes , is represented by finds from settlements and .
graves, weapon items , bronze cauldrons and other utensils, adornments .
By the beginning of the first millennium AD. Oe. Scythians, Sarmatians pressed , and III-IV centuries. Mr . Oe. had the union of tribes represented .
objects Chernyakhovsk culture.
From the middle of the first millennium begins the formation of the Slavic nations , united in the IX. in the state with .
center in Kiev. Slavic neighbors at different times were the Khazars , Polovtsy , Pechenegs . Period IX-XIV centuries. reflected in the materials.
of the settlements and cities of Kyiv Rus, Belgorod, Kafa -Theodosia, Berezan island.
In the ' Golden Treasury ' Museum of genuine, unique pieces made from precious metals , the oldest of them date from the beginning .
of the second millennium BC. Oe. Attracted the attention of jewelry from the Scythian and Sarmatian burials , medieval burials.
nomads products Slavic craftsmen .
Of the 50 thousand coins deposited in the museum exhibits on display most of the rare gold and silver, are issued.
In ancient Greece , Rome and Byzantium. In the Russian Numismatic coins are shown from the first - ' zlatnik ' Prince Vladimir.
and ending with the last kings of coinage and commemorative medals.
collection of Egyptian antiquities - the third largest in the former Soviet Union. Here interest is wood and stone .
sarcophagi, grave goods , stone slabs and fragments of papyrus with hieroglyphics.
mode : 10 . 00 to 17. 00 ( day off - Monday).
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