The National Archaeological Museum of Naples.

The Naples National Archaeological Museum ( Museo Archeologico Nazionale Napoli) is located in Naples, Italy, at the northwest corner of the original Greek wall of the city of Neapolis. The museum 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. 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. ... I archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. ... Herculaneum (in modern Italian Ercolano) was an ancient Roman town, located in the territory of the current commune of Ercolano. ... Area under Roman control  Roman Republic  Roman Empire  Western Empire  Eastern Empire Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew from a city-state founded on the Italian Peninsula circa the 9th century BC to a massive empire straddling the Mediterranean Sea. ... Raphael was famous for depicting illustrious figures of the Classical past with the features of his Renaissance contemporaries. ...

History

Collections

The museum hosts extensive collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. Their core is from the Farnese Collection, which includes a collection of engraved gems (including the Farnese Cup, a Ptolemaic bowl made of sardonyx agate and the most famous piece in the "Treasure of the Magnificent", and is founded upon gems collected by Cosimo de' Medici and Lorenzo il Magnifico in the 15th century) and the Farnese Marbles. Ptolemy, one of Alexander the Greats generals, was appointed satrap of Egypt after Alexanders death in 323 BC. In 305 BC he declared himself King Ptolemy I, later known as Soter (saviour). ... Agate is a term applied not to a distinct mineral species, but to an aggregate of various forms of silica, chiefly chalcedony. ... Jacopo Pontormo: Cosimo de Medici, 1518-1519 Cosimo di Giovanni de Medici (September 27, 1389 – August 1, 1464), was the first of the Medici political dynasty, rulers of Florence during most of the Italian Renaissance; also known as Cosimo the Elder (il Vecchio) 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. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ...

Building

Charles III of Bourbon founded the museum in the 1750s. The building he used for it had been erected as a cavalry barracks and during its time as the seat of the University of Naples (from 1616 to 1777) was extended, in the late 1700s. Charles III of Spain - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The University of Naples is the third Italian university and was initiated in 1224 by Emperor Frederick II. It is known as one of the first universities to be founded by a secular ruler. ...

Collections

Among the notable works found in the museum are:

Marbles

The greater part of the museum's classical sculpture collection largely comes from the Farnese Marbles, important since they include Roman copies of classical Greek sculpture, which are in many cases the only surviving indications of what the lost works by ancient Greek sculptors such as Calamis, Kritios and Nesiotes. Roman copy of Kritios Tyrannicides (Archaeological Museum, Naples) Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early fifth century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. ... Roman copy of Kritios Tyrannicides (Archaeological Museum, Naples) Kritios was an Athenian sculptor, probably a pupil of Antenor, working in the early fifth century BCE, whose manner is on the cusp of the Late Archaic and the severe style of Early Classicism in Attica. ...

• The Farnese Hercules, which 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, widely considered the largest single sculpture ever recovered from antiquity.
• The group Harmodius and Aristogeiton, a Roman copy of a bronze work that once stood in the Agora of Athens
• The Venus Kallipygos
• The Farnese Artemis, again a Roman copy of a Greek original
• a collection of busts of Roman emperors
• another set of Roman sculptures (again mainly copies of Greek work) that (like the Hercules) once stood in the Baths of Caracalla in Rome.

Farnese Bull The Farnese Hercules, engraved by Hendrick Goltzius, dated 1617. ... Hercules, a Roman bronze (Louvre Museum) For other uses, see Heracles (disambiguation). ... The Farnese Atlas at the Museo Archaeologico Nazionale in Naples, Italy. ... In Greek mythology, Atlas was one of the primordial Titans. ... In astronomy, many stars are referred to simply by catalogue numbers. ... Hipparchus. ... The Farnese Bull is a massive sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus. ... Ancient history is the study of the written past from the beginning of human history until the Early Middle Ages. ... Statue of Harmodius and Aristogeiton, Naples. ... Remains of the agora built in Athens in the Roman period (east of the classical agora). ... Nickname: City of Athena or Cradle of Democracy Location of the city of Athens (red dot) within the Prefecture of Athens and Periphery of Attica Coordinates: Country Greece Peripheries Attica Prefecture Athens Founded circa 2000 BC Mayor Nikitas Kaklamanis Area    - City 38. ... Callipygian-type Venus, Naples The Callipygian Venus or Venus Kallipygos, (In Greek, Aphrodite Kallipygos: Aphrodite of the Beautiful Buttocks), is a type of nude female statue of the Hellenistic era. ... The Baths of Caracalla, in 2003 The Baths of Caracalla were Roman public baths, or thermae, built in Rome between 212 and 216 AD, during the reign of the Emperor Caracalla. ... Nickname: The Eternal City Motto: SPQR: Senatus PopulusQue Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC  - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area    - City 1285 km²  (580 sq mi)  - Urban... The Farnese Bull is a massive sculpture attributed to the Rhodian artists Apollonius of Tralles and his brother Tauriscus. ...

Farnese Bull

Farnese Hercules Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 928 KB) Description: Ercole farnese Source: self-made Location: National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy Photographer: Massimo Finizio File links The following pages link to this file: Naples National Archaeological Museum Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from... The Farnese Hercules, engraved by Hendrick Goltzius, dated 1617. ...

Bronzes from the Villa of the Papyri

Seleucus I Nicator	Pseudo-Seneca	Young Man	Young Dancer
Athlete	Old Man

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 810 KB) Description: Seleuco I Nicatore (roman copy from a greek original) from Herculaneum Source: self-made Location: National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy Photographer: Massimo Finizio File links The following pages link to this file: Seleucus I Nicator ... Silver coin of Seleucus. ... Lucius Annaeus Seneca, national museum, naples, italy The copyright status of this vintage image is undetermined; it may still be copyrighted. ... Image File history File links Old_man. ...

Mosaics

The museum's Mosaic Collection includes a number of important mosaics recovered from the ruins of Pompeii and the other Vesuvian cities. Mosaic is the art of decoration with small pieces of colored glass, stone or other material. ... Pompeii is a ruined Roman city near modern Naples in the Italian region of Campania, in the territory of the commune of Pompeii. ...

The Alexander Mosaic	Alexander fighting Darius III	Alexander the Great	Cat Mosaic
Cave Canem Mosaic	Fish	Fish

Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1160x630, 743 KB) Alexander the Great battling Darius at the Battle of Issus. ... The Alexander Mosaic, dating from approx. ... Image File history File links BattleofIssus333BC-mosaic-detail1. ... Darius III or Codomannus (c. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (2024x1560, 320 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Arrian ... Alexander the Great (Greek: ,[1] Megas Alexandros; July 356 BC–June 11, 323 BC), also known as Alexander III, king of Macedon (336–323 BC), was one of the most successful military commanders in history. ...

Egyptian Collection

The museum has the third largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in Italy, after the Vatican Museum and the Museo Egizio in Turin. It is made up primarily of works from two private collections, assembled by Cardinal Borgia in the second half of the 18th century, and Picchianti in the first years of the 19th. In the recent rearrangement of the galleries the two nuclei have been exhibited separately, while in the connecting room other items are on display, including Egyptian and "pseudo-Egyptian" artefacts from Pompeii and other Campanian sites. In its new layout the collection provides both an important record of Egyptian civilization from the Old Kingdom (2700-2200 B.C.) up to the Ptolemaic-Roman era.[1] Khafres Pyramid (4th dynasty) and Great Sphinx of Giza (c. ... Categories: Stub | Vatican City ... The Museo Egizio in Turin is home to what is regarded as the second largest collection of Egyptian antiquities in the world (the first being the Cairo Museum). ... Torino redirects here. ... Borja (better known by the Italian spelling of the name, Borgia) was an influential Spanish family during the Renaissance. ...

Mummy A mummy is a corpse whose skin and dried flesh have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or airlessness. ...

Secret Cabinet

• 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 term Secret Museum (or Secret Cabinet/Gabinetto Segreto) principally refers to the collection of erotic or sexually explicit finds from Pompeii, held in the Naples National Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy. ...

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Naples landmarks

Albergo dei Poveri | Cathedral of Naples (San Gennaro) | Cappella Sansevero | Castel dell'Ovo | Castel Nuovo | Certosa di San Martino | Gesù Nuovo | Museo di Capodimonte | Palazzo Reale | Posillipo | San Domenico Maggiore | Santa Chiara | Teatro San Carlo Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Image File history File links Napoli-Stemma. ... The Bay of Naples Naples (Italian: , Neapolitan: Nàpule, from Greek Νεάπολη < Νέα Πόλις Néa Pólis New City) is the largest city in southern Italy and capital of the Campania region and the Province of Naples. ... Originally, a landmark literally meant a geographic feature used by explorers and others to find their way back or through an area. ... The recently (2006) restored façade of the Albergo dei Poveri in Naples. ... The 17th century apse. ... The 17th century apse. ... The Cappella Sansevero is chapel north to the church of San Domenico Maggiore, in the historic center of Naples, southern Italy. ... Castel dellOvo. ... Castel Nuovo. ... The San Martino museum in Naples with SantElmo fortress visible behind it. ... In Neapolitan nomenclature, Gesù Nuovo, generally refers to the square of that name, Piazza del Gesù Nuovo, located just outside the western boundary of the old, historic center of the city. ... The Museum of Capodimonte (Museo di Capodimonte), housed in a grand Bourbon palazzo in Naples, Italy, is the prime repository of Neapolitan and Italian cultural heritage in the city. ... The Royal Palace of Naples is one of four palaces that the Bourbons of Naples used during their rule of the Kingdom of Naples (1730-1860): one is in Caserta, another on the Capodimonte hill overlooking Naples, and the third (now the site of the agricultural department of the University... Mount Vesuvius as seen from Posillipo Posillipo is a residential quarter of Naples, called Pusilleco in the Neapolitan language. ... The Church of San Domenico Maggiore in Naples. ... (see also Gesù_Nuovo) The Church of Santa Chiara Santa Chiara is a religious complex in Naples, southern Italy, that includes the Church of Santa Chiara, a monastery, tombs and an archeological museum. ... Façade of Teatro San Carlo. ...