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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Earring, Materials: Ruby, Sapphire, Gold and Gems. Period: Early Byzantine, early 5th century. F...
British Museum
Earring; Period: Early Byzantine. circa: 5thC-7thC. Length: 27 millimetres. Materials: gold. Brit...
Sarcophagus Fragment of Emperor Constantine the Great (?) Materials: Porphyry Period: Early Byzan...
Earrings with Inlaid Cross-Shaped Pendants, Period: Early Byzantine Period, circa: 7th century A....
Silver Chalice, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 6th century A.D. Dimensions: Height (max.): 18 cm...
Pendant with Portrait Intaglio, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500s. Materials: Garnet with gold...
Three sections of a Gold necklace. Materials: sapphires, emeralds, cornelians and pearls. Period:...
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Attarouthi Treasure, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 500-650s. Made in Attarouthi, Syria. Mat...
The State Hermitage Museum
Fragment of a Necklace Consisting of Eight Coins, Period: Early Byzantine. circa: Between 637 and...
British Museum
Gold Earring; Period: Early Byzantine; consisting of a tower-like ornament attached to a gold cha...
Relief based on story of Achilles receiving his armor on the island of Skyros. Period: Early Byza...
British Museum
Copper alloy weight, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 4thC-5thC. Quare with convex profile & c...
Paten with Cross and Inscription, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: Mid 6th Century. Materials: sil...
British Museum
Gold Signet-Ring, plain hoop and applied oval bezel depicts bust of Christ(?). Period: Late Rom...
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Cross, Period: Middle Byzantine, circa: 1100, Made in Constantinople, Materials: Cloisonne enamel...
Paten with the Communion of the Apostles, Period: Early Byzantine (565-578 A.D.) Materials: silve...
Solidus of Constans II, Period: Early Byzantine, circa: 651–654. Minted in: Constantinople. Mater...
Key, Materials: Bronze. Made in: Constantinople. Period: Early Byzantine (?). The Benaki Museum o...
Reliquary Cross with the Crucifixion, Period: Late Byzantine, circa: Late 12th-early 13th century...
Pair of Earrings. Materials: Pearls, Emeralds, Sapphires, Gold and Gems. Period: Early Byzantine,...