The Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli (National Archaeological Museum) is located in Naples, Italy. It contains a large collection of Roman artifacts from Pompeii and Herculaneum. The collection includes works of the highest quality produced in Greek, Roman and Renaissance times. Some of the pieces were collected by Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo il Magnifico in the 15th century. Alternate uses: See Naples (disambiguation) Naples (Italian Napoli, Neapolitan Napule, from Greek Νέα-Πόλις, latinised in Neapolis) is the largest town in southern Italy, capital of Campania region. ... An artifact (also artefact) is a term coined by Sir Julian Huxley meaning any object or process resulting from human activity. ... Pompeii is not to be confused with the Roman general Pompey. ... Herculaneum (modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town of the Italian region of Campania. ... The word Greek has a number of meanings relating to Greece, including: Architecture of Ancient Greece Art in Ancient Greece Greek alphabet Greek colonies Cuisine of Greece Greek salad Ethnic Greek Greco-Turkish relations Greece The Greek People Greek-Americans History of Greece History of Mycenaean Greece History of Ancient... Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and a commune. ... By Region: Italian Renaissance Northern Renaissance -French Renaissance -German Renaissance -English Renaissance The Renaissance was an influential cultural movement which brought about a period of scientific revolution and artistic transformation, at the dawn of modern European history. ... Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici ( April 10, 1389 – August 1, 1464), was the first of the Medici political dynasty, rulers of Florence during most of the Italian Renaissance; also know as Cosimo the Elder and Cosimo Pater Patriae. ... The exact same full name was also carried by his grandson Lorenzo (1492 - 1519), Duke of Urbino, with whom he is sometimes confused. ...

Among the notable works found in the museum:

• The Farnese Hercules, who fixed the image of Hercules in the European imagination.
• The Farnese Atlas is the oldest extant depiction of Atlas from Greek mythology, and the oldest view of the Western constellations, possibly based upon the star catalog of Hipparchus
• The Farnese Bull is another of the famous Farnese Marbles. It is widely consisidered the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity.
• The Farnese Cup is the most famous piece in the "Treasure of the Magnificent" ; it is a bowl made of sardonyx agate.
• The Secret Cabinet, a separately housed collection of Erotic Roman art.
• The Placentarius, the small bronze statue represents a distinctly ithyphallic old nude man who, on the palm of his hand, holds a little silver tray.

The Farnese Hercules, engraved by Hendrick Goltzius, dated 1617. ... For the son of Alexander the Great, see Heracles (Macedon). ... The Farnese Atlas at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale in Naples, Italy. ... In Greek mythology, Atlas was the son of the Titan Iapetus and the nymph Clymene, and brother of Prometheus. ... In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. ... For the Athenian tyrant, see Hipparchus (son of Pisistratus). ... The Farnese Bull is a massive sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus. ... Antiquity means ancient times, and may be used of any period before the Middle Ages. ... Agate is a term applied not to a distinct mineral species, but to an aggregate of various forms of silica, chiefly Chalcedony. ...

External links

• Museum's Home Page (http://www.cib.na.cnr.it/remuna/mann/mann.html)