Hundreds of Greek antiques exhibited at Palace Museum

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Around 350 ancient Greek antiques have been put on exhibition at Beijing's Palace Museum, also known as the Forbidden City.

"The Antikythera Shipwreck" exhibition features antiques that were buried at the bottom of the Aegean Sea for over 2,000 years after sinking in a vessel off the island of Antikythera in the first century BC.

The antiques include the shipwreck, articles of daily use, marble and bronze sculptures, glassware, pottery bottles and structural pieces of the sofa, showing the shipbuilding technology, navigation technology, sculpture art, handicraft production and luxury life of the ancient Greek and Roman era.

"With valuable historical information, the delicate cargo from the ship is a physical testimony to ancient Greek civilization and can help visitors interpret many historical facts," Shan Jixiang, director of the Palace Museum, said at the exhibition's opening ceremony Friday.

The exhibition will last until December 16.

(Cover: A glass bowl from the material retrieved in 1900-190, Athens, National Archaeological Museum, 23712. /The Palace Museum Photo)

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency