A private collector, a foreign national, in agreement with the Ministry of Culture, has made a voluntary tradition of 86 Greek antiquities, according to a statement by the Ministry of Culture. The ancient works come from various parts of Greece and cover a wide chronological spectrum from the oldest Neolithic to the late Hellenistic period.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Culture, these are a female figurines of the Neolithic natural period, marble figurines and vases of the Early Cycladic period, Mycenaean ceramics, bronze figurines bottles respectively), bronze mirrors, important examples of Attic black and red ceramics, marble tombstones, clay figurines and golden funeral wreaths of Hellenistic times.

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Marble Cycladic figurine of female form, type/gel. Height 35.56 cm. Early Cycladic II Period (2500-2400 BC)

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Bronze Corinthian helmet. Height of 22.86 cm around 550 BC

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Attic black -in -law of the “category of division”. Inside the vessel is depicted a Dionysian scene: Three dancing maneas. On the wide crater on either side fish. Diameter 17.65 cm Late 6th c. B.C.

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Marble Attic tombstone column with a ganker. It has a relief representation in a rectangular section. A reception scene is depicted between a male and female form. Height 90.2 cm early 4th century. B.C

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Bronze figurine. The young man is naked. It carries a highly -cum head helmet on the head. In the right hand he held a spear and in the bent left shield. Project of Laconian Laboratory. Height 20.32 cm 600-550 BC

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Attica Lykithos. It is represented in a female form that holds a mirror and a compass for jewelry. It is attributed to the “Painter of Athens 1826”. Height of 22.9 cm around 460 BC

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Marble bearded head Hermes of Hermes Propyle. Height 12.7 cm 2nd-1st c. B.C.

The Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni said: “The Ministry of Culture, with great satisfaction, welcomes 86 Greek antiquities, which were repatriated to the place where it created them. This repatriation is a product of our cooperation with yet another private collector abroad, who voluntarily made the return of these evidence of our cultural heritage. I hope and hope this example is imitated by other collectors of Greek antiquities. To work with us and give their collections in their natural space. For Greece and the Ministry of Culture every repatriation, and even voluntary, proves that more and more citizens around the world are now needed to return to the return of cultural goods to their countries of origin. “

Upon completion of the documentation and recording process, the objects will be appropriately distributed to museums across the country.