- Room 11: Cycladic Islands
- Room 12: Minoan and Mycenaean
- Room 12b: Greece: Mycenaeans
- Room 13: Greece 1050-520 BC
- Room 14: Greek vases
- Room 15: Athens and Lycia
- Room 16: Bassai sculptures
- Room 17: Nereid Monument
- Room 18: Greece: Parthenon
- Room 19: Greece: Athens
- Room 20: Greeks and Lycians
- Room 21: Halikarnassos
- Room 22: Alexander the Great
- Room 23: Sculpture
- Room 69: Greek and Roman life
- Room 70: Roman Empire
- Room 71: Etruscan world
- Room 72: Ancient Cyprus
- Room 73: Greeks in Italy
- Room 77: Architecture
- Room 78 Classical Inscriptions
- Room 82: Early Ephesus
- Rooms 83-84: Roman sculpture
- Room 85: Roman portraits
Greece: Cycladic Islands (Room 11)
3200 – 1500 BC
During the early part of the Greek Bronze Age, the people of the Aegean islands known as the Cyclades began to produce items made from copper, silver, lead and the fine white marble of the area. They depended on farming and fishing, but increasingly travelled by boat between the islands and further afield.
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'Violin' figurine 2800 BC
More information'Violin' figurine 2800 BC
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Stone vase, known as a kandila 3200-2800 BC
More informationStone vase, known as a kandila 3200-2800 BC
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Pottery jug with high spout 1800-1550 BC
More informationPottery jug with high spout 1800-1550 BC
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Marble figurine of a woman 2600-2400 BC
More informationMarble figurine of a woman 2600-2400 BC
Objects on display in Room 11 include marble vessels and the well-known Cycladic stylised figurines. Later decorative fragments from a tomb at Mycenae known as the Treasury of Atreus are located outside the gallery.