Samothrace: A Guide to the Excavations and the Museum |
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The Religion of the Great Gods | 21 |
The Excavations | 37 |
The Museum | 83 |
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Altar Court amphora Anaktoron ancient Ancona antefixes antiquity archaic architrave Arsinoeion beneath blocks Bottom shelf bowl bronze building built burial Center section ceramic clay coins corner cult decorated dedicated door Doric Double Precinct early eastern Eleusis entablature entrance epopteia excavations exhibited façade figurine floor foundation fourth century B.C. fragmentary fragments frieze glass Gods Greek Hall of Votive Hekate Hellenistic period Hieron initiation inscription interior island lamps later left section limestone lion's-head waterspout marble meters Museum Hall northern northwestern palmette pediment pelike Photo Wachsmann Fig pithos porphyry pre-Greek preserved probably pronaos Propylon Ptolemaion restoration Right section rites riverbed rock altar Roman roof Rotunda ruins sacred sacrificial Sacristy Samothrace Samothracian Sanctuary sculptures Second shelf seventh century B.c. side sixth century B.C. stele Stoa stone structure stucco Temenos terrace wall terracotta third century B.C. Third shelf Thracian tiles upper vases vessels visitor Votive Gifts waterspout western hill wooden

