Thassos: archaeological sites

Current Limenas (Thassos) town is built over the ruins of the ancient city, founded here by the settlers from Paros.

Thassos

Therefore, tourists can visit archaeological sites everywhere in the town of Thassos:
- the wall which surrounded the ancient city can be seen in various places in Limenas;
- Agora, which once the political, cultural and trade center of Thassos Island;
- The Archaeological Museum which is a neoclassical building, erected in 1934;
- Sanctuary of Dionisus;
- Sanctuary of Poseidon (near the harbor);
- the ancient theater;

The Archaeological Museum of Thassos


This is one of the richest museums in Macedonia. You can find here a collection of unique antiques from the 7th century BC until the 7th century AD. Lots of these treasures are placed in the garden of this museum.

Thassos Archaeological Museum

You can find below some of the antiques presented in this museum:

- Cycladic tablet with drawing of Bellefonte. The colours and drawing technique shows the influence of monumental painting (7th century BC):

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- handmade Clay amphora from a prehistoric settlement of Kastri (Neolithic):

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- very large statue (3.5 m high )representing a man holding in his arms a ram. It remained unfinished because the sculptor abandoned it when the marble besides the right ear cracked (about 600 BC)

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- sima belonging to an unknown ancient building (Prytanion possible), made ​​of clay Prytanion.
Has traces of bright colors (dating between 540 and 525 BC)

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- Inscription from the tomb of Glafkos. Glafkos was partner of Archilohos poet  (7th century BC).

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- Statue of Venus with dolphin and Eros. Elegant indoor decoration, very fashionale at that time.
The nakedness of the goddess resembles with the famous Venus of Praxitelis (III century BC).

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- Statue of a muse. It is in same place with the statue of Dionysus and it was inspired by the famous statue of Irene, the Athenian sculptor Kifissodotos (second half of the 3rd century BC)

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- The head of Dionysus. It belonged to a giant statue of the god, which was located on a platform, lying in one of the two monuments of Dionysus (the second half of the fourth century BC.)

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- Statue of Adrian, the Roman emperor. It was discovered in the ancient market (around 130 BC)

Thassos Archaeological Museum

- Alexander's head. Roman copy of the statue from the Greek era, proving that it was still revered,
from the fourth century BC., up in Roman period.

If you are just a litlle bit in the archaeological and museum stuff, then you must not skip a visit to Thassos Archaeological Museum.