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Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos
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Agios Nikolaos

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Gold olive wreath on athlete's skull
20 nearbyAkti Koundourou beach, Agios Nikolaos Lake (Voulismeni), Folklore Museum of Agios Nikolaos
Ler a história
The Archaeological Museum of Agios Nikolaos was founded in 1970 in Agios Nikolaos and houses findings from the Neolithic Age, the Minoan Era and the Graeco-Roman Times mainly from the Lassithi prefecture. Among the findings, most important is the skull of an athlete, crowned with a gold olive wreath and a silver coin from Polirinia in his mouth (compensation of the ferryman of Hades ), and the figurine Goddess of Myrtos .
There are more findings from the necropolis of the Agia Fotia , Myrtos , Malia , etc.
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