This is Sister Ollerton, Elder and Sister Bell and Elder and Sister Andros in front of the National Archaeological Museum.  It is considered one of the best museums in the world.  (It has some really old stuff) We spent 4 or 5 hours there and only saw about 1/4 of the displays.  We have to go back.  It was a great P-Day and we had a great experience.

Dipylon Vase   It is a funeral pot found near the Dipylon Gate of an 800 BC Athens cemetary

Greek art 7th century BC

Gold ring from Mycenaean period.  It is about 1 inch long and engraved with a hunter in a chariot pulled by 2 horses and the target is a deer.

Mycenaean Gold coins and jewelry taken from graves. (1600 BC)

Mycenaean Gold Chalice taken from graves  (1600 BC)

Neolithic Jar (3500 BC)

Example of a Neolithic (3500 bc) city state.

This and the next vase were two of the oldest objects in the museum.  They are from the Neolithic period at about 3500BC

Neolithic (Pre-historic) Greek clay pot.

3500 BC

Hellenistic Bronze, known as the Horse with the Little Jockey

300 BC

An example of Hellenistic Greek Art

The gold death mask of Agamemnon.  He is the king that led the army against Troy.

1600 BC

This the head of Medusa

Mycenaean Gold cup 1600 BC

Mycenaean bronze dagger inlayed with gold.

Dated 1600 BC

Model showing how temples were built

National Archaeological Museum

Leaving the Museum

This series of pictures were taken during our 3 week stay as office couple. 

They are mainly of the mission office and our quarters.

Chris liked to sit and admire the yard

We really enjoyed having a yard, grass, flowers and a gardner!

Our bedroom at mission office almost became permanent.  In Greece, because of the high humidity (especially down here by the sea) and the construction of their closets, we have to leave the closet doors open or they get moldy.

View out one of our bedroom windows

We stopped at this farmer's farm on the way to Nafplio.  We bought some oranges and grapefruit right off the trees.  They were the sweetest ever.

Nafplio

The following group of pictures are of a city on the Peloponnese. Its name is Nafplio.  It became the capital of Greece in 1821 when the Greeks drove the Ottoman forces (Turkey) from their country after a 1000 year conquest.  There is a large Fortress on a hill behind the city that was built in the 1700's and so it is relativly new. You can climb up to the fortress from the city along a stairpath with 999 steps, or you can drive around to the back and walk in.  It is a beautiful city with a lot of history. 

Nafplio

Nafplio from the fortress

Nafplio

Nafplio

Small castle

This on the North side of the peninsula.  You can see the small castle out in the bay.  They used to stretch chains from the castle to the shore to keep unwanted ships  out.  They could shoot at them from the Fortress

Nafplio

The following group of pictures are of the area on the walk around the peninsula

Nafplio

Nafplio

Nafplio

Nafplio

This a peninsula that sticks out in to the bay.  You can see the small castle.

Nafplio\

This is the fortress on the hill above the city.  You can see part of the 999 steps up the side to get to the top.  Sisters Ollerton and Smith with the Andros's took the steps, we smarter ones drove around the back and walked in.

Nafplio

This was Chris's favorite street.  The red flowers were beautiful.

Nafplio

This is the Andros's.  They are the new office couple that saved our lives!!! This is their first trip out of the office.  We all had a good time

Nafplio

We had a casual lunch in the shade of this sidewalk cafe.

Nafplio

Nafplio

The street down to the sea

I could not believe the size of the lemons on this tree.  They were as big as grapfruits.

Nafplio

Yes, ice cream and Nafplio

Naplio

This is the Corinthiann Canal from Water level