The museum is beautifully designed and displayed.
The above frieze is from a temple facade. Isn't it crazy? And look at this cool sphinx!
And then, as we were about to leave the museum, we rounded a corner, and there was... The CHARIOTEER! Can you believe it?? He was just right there, in his own room, looking just like he does in every single art history textbook ever! Wow...
(You've seen better pictures of him, but that's not the point - I took this one! I'm really excited about the Charioteer...)
The temple of Athena was small but pretty, and fun to look at in relation to the temple of Apollo that you can just make out/imagine you make out on the hillside above and behind it. I also love that the columns look spotted like cows. (Yes, it's because the whiter parts are a reconstruction, but still, it's wonderful.)
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