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The statuette with inv. no. NAM Γ 3523 of a naked Aphrodite brought from Asia Minor to Athens by Nikolaos Laskaris on the eve of the Asia Minor Catastrophe. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Izmir, 1921-1922. General view of the city and quay, from the National Bank of Greece (left) to the Customs buildings (right). In the background is the Kadifekale castle on top of Mount Pagos (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Nysa by the river Maeander, August 1921. Young archaeologist, Nikolaos Laskaris and seven local workmen of the dig sitting at the stone seats of Gerontikon - the ancient Senate (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Greek archaeologists of the Department of Antiquities of Smyrna. From left to right: Efstratios Paraskevaidis, Konstantinos Kourouniotis and Nikolaos Laskaris in a snapshot from their archaeological expedition to Anatolia, in May and June 1922. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
The only Aphrodite of his life
The only Aphrodite of his life
Unseen Museum
The statuette with inv. no. NAM Γ 3523 of a naked Aphrodite brought from Asia Minor to Athens by Nikolaos Laskaris on the eve of the Asia Minor Catastrophe. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Izmir, 1921-1922. General view of the city and quay, from the National Bank of Greece (left) to the Customs buildings (right). In the background is the Kadifekale castle on top of Mount Pagos (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Nysa by the river Maeander, August 1921. Young archaeologist, Nikolaos Laskaris and seven local workmen of the dig sitting at the stone seats of Gerontikon - the ancient Senate (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
Greek archaeologists of the Department of Antiquities of Smyrna. From left to right: Efstratios Paraskevaidis, Konstantinos Kourouniotis and Nikolaos Laskaris in a snapshot from their archaeological expedition to Anatolia, in May and June 1922. (Photographic Archive of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum).
The only Aphrodite of his life
The only Aphrodite of his life
Unseen Museum
The Unseen Museum is the well-known exhibition project of the Hellenic National Archaeological Museum that brings to the fore antiquities stored in its vaults, away from the visitor’s eyes.
The Unseen Museum presents “the only Aphrodite of his life”. This is a fragment of a beautiful marble statuette of Aphrodite from the late Hellenistic period, originating in Bursa, Asia Minor. The ancient sculpture was delivered to the National Archaeological Museum by the young curator of antiquities Nikolaos Laskaris, on the eve of the Asia Minor Catastrophe. Ιt remained unidentified in the Museum’s Storerooms for over a century and is now emerging into the public eye for the first time. The new exhibition unit also presents rare photographs of Greek archaeologists and soldiers during their visits to various ancient sites of Anatolia, as well as the manuscript of the hitherto unknown curator of the Department of Antiquities of Smyrna, N. Laskaris. “The only Aphrodite of his life” is presented in the Altar Hall (Hall 34) from Monday, December 9, 2024 to Monday, February 24, 2025.
