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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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint George from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Co...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with the Virgin from an Icon Frame. Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Cons...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Paul from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa:ca. 1100, Made in C...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Luke from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made in ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Matthew from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Fieschi Morgan Staurotheke, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: early 9th century, Made in Const...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Pectoral with Coins and Pseudo-Medallion, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 539–50, Materials: Gold...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Medallion with Saint Peter from an Icon Frame, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: ca. 1100, Made in...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
This medallion of Christ is from a group of twelve that once surrounded an icon of the archangel ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plate with David Slaying a Lion, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 629–630, Materials: Silver, Made...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Attarouthi Treasure, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500-650s. Made in Attarouthi, Syria. Mat...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Fragment of a Floor Mosaic with a Personification of Ktisis, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 500–5...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Silver Bucket, Period: Early Byzantine circa: 600s. Made in Tirana, Modern Albania. (Found in Vra...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Plate with the Arming of David, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 629–630, Material: Silver, Made i...
Tremissis of Anastasius I, Gold, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: A.D. 491–518. Mint: Constantinop...
British Museum
Bowl; circular medallion with half-figure of a nimbed saint, St Sergios. Period: Early Byzantine;...
Fragment with Running Figure, Materials: tapestry; linen and wool, Period: Early Byzantine circa:...
Fragment from a Curtain, Materials: tabby weave with inwoven tapestry ornament, linen and wool. P...
Button, Early Byzantine circa: 500s. Materials: Rock crystal with a garnet mounted in a gold gran...
Crescent-Shaped Earring, Materials: Gold filigree with cloisonné enamel. Period: Middle Byzantine...