page_title: Athens
section_title: Archaeological hub
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caption_attribution_description: English: Zeus (or Poseidon). Bronze. 209 cm high. Found in the sea at Cape Artemision, in northern Euboea. One of the few preserved original of Severe Style. Early classical period, ca. 460 BCE. N° X 15161.Français&#160;: Zeus (plutôt que Poseïdon). Bronze. Hauteur 209 cm. Trouvé dans la mer au Cap Artémision au nord d'Eubée. Un des rares originaux conservés du "style Sévère". Début de la période classique, 460 av.J.-C. National Archaeological Museum of Athens &#160;&#160;&#160; (Inventory)Native nameΕθνικό Αρχαιολογικό ΜουσείοLocation44 Patission Avenue, AthensCoordinates37°&#160;59′&#160;21″&#160;N, 23°&#160;43′&#160;56″&#160;E &#160;Established1829Web pagewww.namuseum.grAuthority control : Q637187 VIAF:&#8201;142646507 ISNI:&#8201;0000 0001 2173 2153 ULAN:&#8201;500306491 LCCN:&#8201;n50073408 NLA:&#8201;35720603 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q637187 N° X 15161.
context_page_description: Athens, is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years and its earliest human presence started somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennium BC.
  Classical Athens was a powerful city-state. A center for the arts, learning and philosophy, home of Plato's Academy and Aristotle's Lyceum, it is widely referred to as the cradle of Western civilization and the birthplace of democracy, largely because of its cultural and political impact on the European continent, and in particular the Romans. In modern times, Athens is a large cosmopolitan metropolis and central to economic, financial, industrial, maritime, political and cultural life in Greece.
  Athens is a global city and one of the biggest economic centers in southeastern Europe. It has a large financial sector, and its port Piraeus is both the largest passenger port in Europe, and the second largest in the world.
  The Municipality of Athens, which actually constitutes a small administrative unit of the entire city, had a population of 664,046 within its official limits, and a land area of 38.96 km².
context_section_description: The city is a world centre of archaeological research. Along with national institutions, such as the Athens University and the Archaeological Society, there are multiple archaeological Museums including the National Archaeological Museum, the Cycladic Museum, the Epigraphic Museum, the Byzantine & Christian Museum, as well as museums at the ancient Agora, Acropolis, Kerameikos, and the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum.  The city is also home to the Demokritos laboratory for Archaeometry, alongside regional and national archaeological authorities that form part of the Greek Department of Culture.
  Athens hosts 17 Foreign Archaeological Institutes which promote and facilitate research by scholars from their home countries. As a result, Athens has more than a dozen archaeological libraries and three specialized archaeological laboratories, and is the venue of several hundred specialized lectures, conferences and seminars, as well as dozens of archaeological exhibitions, each year. At any given time, hundreds of international scholars and researchers in all disciplines of archaeology are to be found in the city.
caption: The Artemision Bronze or God of the Sea, that represents either Zeus or Poseidon, is exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum.
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