Arta - Museum, Polyandrion, and Temple of Apollo

We spent a lot time viewing different things in Arta. I wrote about the bridge yesterday, and here are three other things we went to while there the next day. Our first stop was the museum; the exhibition includes three main sections: the public life, the cemeteries, and the private life. There was a large collection of funerary stelae and burial offerings from cemeteries. I only took a few pictures half of which had to do with turtles.

musical instrument made out of a turtle shell

A recreation of what was found in a grave with the skeleton and offerings. The skeletons are my sister's favorite, so I am sure to include them. JK fs.

jewelry

this is the museum with the dog and bread

 The Polyandrion was one mass, public grave with many bodies inside. It was founded to honor the dead from a battle. There is an inscription that runs the length of it, and it is too big to stand in one place to read it, so you have to walk around to read it. This is a cultural clue about how they did monument inscriptions.

zoom in on part of the inscription

 This is a cemetery that was outside the ancient city gates, as that is where they bury the dead since they are not clean in order to avoid the unpleasantness that accompany a dead body such smell and animals. There are ongoing excavations here.

The Temple of Apollo is where the turtle "infestation" was if you remember that post. I don't know anything other than it is dated to the early 5th century -- I was a little busy with the turtles.

Notice this temple is literally in someones back yard. The architect who took us here explained that there is some sort of payment to the owner of the property since it pretty much forever becomes an archeological site.

MBIA:
We leave tomorrow morning at 7am for our next trip. This one will be 10 days long. We had our trip meeting today, and we were warned that bathrooms that are not the woods may not always be available nor will food during the day, so pack snacks. This means Bob and I spent some time out food shopping today as well as packing. The trip leader also said to expect lots of rain. We've been lucky so far; hopefully the luck continues.