Event Highlight:
Tūhura's Birthday Party
Planetarium Highlight:
David Attenborough’s Natural History Museum Alive
Rakahau te Kohika
Antiquities
Small wine jar (amphora). One side shows the goddess Nike (Victory) carrying a torch and the other a youth wearing draped clothing.
Athenian one handled jug (lekythos) showing Aeneas carrying Anchises from Troy., Early 5th century BC.
Cup from Mochlos in Crete. Middle Minoan period. 2000-1600 BC.
Cups. Knossos, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Pixis (Jewellery or cosmetic box) and lid. Hagia Triada, Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
False-necked or stirrup jar. Crete. Late Minoan period. 1650-1500 BC
Oil-flask (aryballos). The fine bands of glaze on the body are similar to designs on Corinthian Geometric pottery, but the decoration on the lip-plate shows the new oriental influences. Late 8th century BC
Oil-flask (arybalos) from Crete. The lip-plate has been broken off and lost. The cross-hatched triangles painted on the shoulder were a feature of oil-flasks for nearly two centuries after 900 BC. 745-715 BC
