Polis Archaeological Museum of Marion - Arsinoe
To Room I
From the Reception Area you take an anti-clockwise route to see the other rooms.
Objects in Room I, which was named after Mr Nicos Shacolas, derive from an extensive area around Polis and are chronologically arrand, so as to portray its historical development from the Neolithic and Chalcolithic to the Medieval periods. In Room II exhibits derive from the rich necropolis of the area with special reference to the location and excavation of the above cemeteries.
Corridor Exhibits
There were some decent exhibits on the way to Room I too.
According to ancient literary sources recorded by Stephanos Vyzantios, the city of Marion was founded by the legendary King Marieas. On present evidence Marion was already inhabited at the end of the Neolithic and through the Chalcolithic period. It began to prosper from the Cypro-Archaic period onwards and became one of the most important ancient Cypriot city-kingdoms in the Cypro-Classical period with important commercial relations with the East Aegean Islands, Attica and Corinth.
Room I
There rooms are quite large, and have lots of exhibits. We will look at some of them over the coming pictures, but there are many more relics to see.
In 312 B.C. Marion was conquered by Ptolemy I and the Kingdom was abolished. Ptolemy II Philadelphus later rebuilt the city and renamed it after his sister and wife, Arsinoe. The new city was smaller than Marion but it also flourished due to its close proximity to the copper mines. Arsinoe continues to exist in the Roman, Early Christian and Early Byzantine periods when it seems to have suffered extensive destruction by the Arab invasions of the 7th century A.D.
Archaeological evidence indicates that the city was also inhabited during the Medieval period between the 12th and 14th centuries A.D.
Oh I Say!
And yes, that white relic is exactly what you think it is.
There were some nice jugs on display too.
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