Heraldic Eagle. Decorated with a garnet and glass paste. Material: gold. Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th-7th century. The Benaki Museum of Greek Culture is housed in one of the most beautiful neoclassical-style buildings in Athens, near the National Garden and the Hellenic Parliament. It was converted into a museum in order to shelter the collections of Antonis Benakis and was donated to the Greek nation by himself and his three sisters, Alexandra, Penelope and Argine. Following its most recent refurbishment (1989–2000), the building houses a unique exhibition on Greek culture arranged diachronically from prehistory to the 20th century.
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Octagonal Marriage Ring with Holy Site Scenes, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 7th Century. Mate...
British Museum
Relief plaque icon, depicting the Crucifixion with full-length figures of the Virgin on the left ...
British Museum
Brooch, in the form of a dove. Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6thc-7thc. Material: Bronze . Brit...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Ornament (Gammadion and Segmentum) from a Tunic, Period: Early Byzantine; circa: 6th century. Mat...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500–5...
British Museum
Reliquary Cross; Materials: Cloisonné Enamel and Gold, Period: Middle Byzantine (10thc.) Made in:...
Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 651–654. Minted in: Constantinople. Mater...
British Museum
Gold Finger Ring, Period: Early Byzantine (6 th. c.) flat hoop cut into eight alternating circula...
Necklace with Pendant of Aphrodite Anadyomene, Period: Early Byzantine, circa early 7th Century. ...
British Museum
Gold Earring, Period: Middle Byzantine. circa: 12thc. Length: 1.24 inches. British Museum is clos...
Medal of Emperor Constantine The Great, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 4th century, Materials: si...
Busts of Two Emperors, Period: Roman, Circa: Late 3rd-early 4th century, Material: Chalcedony on ...
Chain with Pendant and Two Crosses, Materials: Gold with enamel and glass. Period: Early Byzantin...
The Cleveland Art Museum
Pectoral Cross. Period: Middle Byzantine; circa: 900s. Made in: Constantinople. Materials: gold, ...
Paten with the Communion of the Apostles, Period: Early Byzantine (565-578 A.D.) Materials: silve...
British Museum
Pendant; material: gold; hollow box building; in the form of a bent leaf; obverse chased and conv...
Cross, with a decorative quatrefoil rosette at the juncture of the arms. Materials: gold. Period:...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint John the Evangelist from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 110...
British Museum
Silver Dish; Period: Early Byzantine. 6th.c.(late) on a shallow foot; the centre decorated with E...
Lamp and Stand, Period: Early Byzantine, circa 400s. 34.8 x 13.5 cm (13 11/16 x 5 5/16 in.) Mater...