The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is housed in the medieval Hospital of the Knights Hospitaller Order of Saint John (1309-1522). Its construction began in 1440 by the Grand Master de Lastic and was completed in 1489 by the Grand Master d Aubusson. The Museum hosts the following collections: • Burial finds (vases, figurines, jewellery, metal artefacts) from the cemeteries of Ialyssos and Kamiros. Geometric to Classical periods (9th - 4th centuries BC). • A collection of Classical, Hellenistic and Roman sculpture. • Mosaic floors of the Hellenistic and Early Christian period. • Funerary slabs from the Knights period (1309-1522). The most important exhibits of the Museum are: • Pyxis of the Fikellura type (550-530 BC.), one of the most distinct groups of the archaic eastern Greek and Ionian ware. • Two archaic kouroi from Kamiros (550-530 BC). • Kylix of the Vroulia type (6th c. BC). Another distinct group of pottery named after the ancient settlement of Vroulia on Rhodes, where this ware was firstly found. • Laconian hydria, depicting battle between two heroes (6th c. BC). • Grave stele of Krito and Timarista with two standing female figures (420-410 BC). • Grave stele of Kalliarista. It depicts the dead Kalliarista, seated, while her servant, standing, holds a pyxis with her cosmetics. The stele has a pedimental capping resting on pilasters (ca. 350 BC). • Marble head of Helios (second half of the 2nd century BC). • Marble statuette of the Aphrodite Bathing (2nd - 1st century BC).
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