Martin M. Miles' photos with the keyword: Archaeological Museum

The Archaeological Museum in Kraków is the oldest archaeological museum in Poland. It was founded by a group of intellectuals and academics who belonged to the Kraków Scientific Society (TNK) during the Partitions of Poland. The foreign rule prohibited the existence of Polish patriotic organizations except for the learning societies like the TNK. The founding act was signed in 1850. Later the Museum started its own archaeological research and thus gained further exhibits (today more than 770.000). This is a "Cuman Baba". The name “Baba” refers to statues created on the steppe of Europe and Asia from the Neolithic to the Middle Ages. The creators of the statue are the Cumans, a nomadic people which in the 11th century traveled to the steppe of contemporary Ukraine and Russia. The stone stele represents a standing woman of natural size but of a disproportionate physique. She is dressed in a caftan reaching down to her knees and a tall hat. Her face details were removed for unknown reasons. The statue, found in Stadnytsya (near Kyiv), is from c. the 12th/13th century.

The Archaeological Museum in Kraków is the oldest archaeological museum in Poland. It was founded by a group of intellectuals and academics who belonged to the Kraków Scientific Society (TNK) during the Partitions of Poland. The foreign rule prohibited the existence of Polish patriotic organizations except for the learning societies like the TNK. The founding act was signed in 1850. Later the Museum started its own archaeological research and thus gained further exhibits (today more than 770.000). One of the exhibits is this wonderful medieval hare, which is a bottle.

The Archaeological Museum in Kraków is the oldest archaeological museum in Poland. It was founded by a group of intellectuals and academics who belonged to the Kraków Scientific Society (TNK) during the Partitions of Poland. The foreign rule prohibited the existence of Polish patriotic organizations except for the learning societies like the TNK. The founding act was signed in 1850. Later the Museum started its own archaeological research and thus gained further exhibits (today more than 770.000). The most valuable exhibit is probably the "Zbruch Idol", a four-sided cult statue (2.67 m high), that probably depicts pagan deities. Maybe more than one. Here is the wiki article about the idol en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zbruch_Idol

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here is a large fragment of an an altar screen from the Church of St. Lawrence (Sveti Lovre). I learned from a museum attendant, that the church still exists "behind the coffee shop at Narodni Place". It took some time, but I found it. Behind the coffee shop! Here is the "Visitation" (Mary and Elizabeth), the "Nativity" and below the "First Bath" (Joseph is watching). Then there are the Magi on horses approaching Bethlehem.

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here are details of carved panels, that were once part of an altar screen in the Church of St. Demenica ("Sv. Nediljica") in Zadar. They are dated 1030/1040. Zadar had been part of the Byzantine Empire upto about 1000, when after raids of pirates, it sheltered under Venetian power. - Obviously the cultural influence from Byzanz was still very strong. Seen here is the "Flight into Egypt".

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here are details of carved panels, that were once part of an altar screen in the Church of St. Demenica ("Sv. Nediljica") in Zadar. They are dated 1030/1040. Zadar had been part of the Byzantine Empire upto about 1000, when after raids of pirates, it sheltered under Venetian power. - Obviously the cultural influence from Byzanz was still very strong. Seen here is the "Massacre of the Innocents", the infanticide ordered by Herod the Great (Matthew 2:16–18).

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here are details of carved panels, that were once part of an altar screen in the Church of St. Demenica ("Sv. Nediljica") in Zadar. They are dated 1030/1040. Zadar had been part of the Byzantine Empire upto about 1000, when after raids of pirates, it sheltered under Venetian power. - Obviously the cultural influence from Byzanz was still very strong. Mary, seated on a folding chair, having Jesus on her knees, welcomes the Magi. Little Jesus, just a few days old, masters already the blessing gesture. The Magi resemble older carvings in Ravenna on the western side of the Adriatic Sea. Just like them, they wear phrygian caps. They are clearly "byzantine" in style. Younger carvings mostly show the Magi wearing crowns. A political symbol, probably invented by a gifted spin doctor, bringing the Magi into an ancestral line with the medieval Kings.

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here are details of carved panels, that were once part of an altar screen in the Church of St. Demenica ("Sv. Nediljica") in Zadar. They are dated 1030/1040. Zadar had been part of the Byzantine Empire upto about 1000, when after raids of pirates, it sheltered under Venetian power. - Obviously the cultural influence from Byzanz was still very strong. While on the left the shepherds watch the "First Bath" (under the Star of Bethlehem), Mary, seated on a folding chair, having Jesus on her knees, welcomes the Magi. The Magi resemble older carvings in Ravenna on the western side of the Adriatic Sea. Just like them, they wear phrygian caps. They are clearly "byzantine" in style. Younger carvings mostly show the Magi wearing crowns. A political symbol, probably invented by a gifted spin doctor, bringing the Magi into an ancestral line with the medieval Kings.

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. Here are details of carved panels, that were once part of an altar screen in the Church of St. Demenica ("Sv. Nediljica") in Zadar. They are dated 1030/1040. Zadar had been part of the Byzantine Empire upto about 1000, when after raids of pirates, it sheltered under Venetian power. - Obviously the cultural influence from Byzanz was still very strong. Not seen here (further to the left and very damaged) is the "Annunciation", - seen here is the "Visitation", the "Nativity" (Mary is resting. Ox, ass and the Star of Bethlehem under the arch) and the "First Bath". The shepherds watch the scene.

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection of medieval artefacts. This gable is important, as the name of the Croatian Prince Branimir (879-892) is inscribed. The name of the Croats is written here for the first time.

Zadar´s "Arheoloski Muzej", located next to the Roman Forum and St. Donatus holds an incredible collection. This bear (?) was created from clay in Northern Dalmatia during the Neolithic times.