Archaeological Museum, Zagreb
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Archaeology
Archaeology, or archeology , is the study of human society, primarily through the recovery and analysis of the material culture and environmental data that they have left behind, which includes artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes...
museum with over 450,000 varied artifacts and monuments, gathered from various sources.
Some of the famous artifacts include:
- the Liber LinteusLiber LinteusThe Liber Linteus Zagrabiensis is the longest Etruscan text and the only extant linen book...
, mummy and bandages with the oldest Etruscan inscription in the world - the Lumbarda PsephismaLumbarda PsephismaLumbarda Psephisma is a stone inscription telling about the founding of a Ancient Greece settlement on the island of Korčula, in modern-day Croatia. The Psephisma is from Lumbarda, a small village where it was discovered in 1877 by Božo Kršinić...
, a stone inscription telling about the founding of an ancient Greek colony on the island of KorčulaKorculaKorčula is an island in the Adriatic Sea, in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia. The island has an area of ; long and on average wide — and lies just off the Dalmatian coast. Its 16,182 inhabitants make it the second most populous Adriatic island after Krk...