The Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (Rhodos)
Island of Rhodos, Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Sea, Greece
November 25, 2011
Photo: Katerina Lorenzatos Makris

by Katerina Lorenzatos Makris ~

Ironically, the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (Rhodos) was first built as a hospital by the Knights Hospitaller or Knights of St. John in the 1400s. When this order of medieval Crusaders often fueled by greed or poverty or both weren’t busy invading and pillaging Greek islands and other spots, they constructed some centers to care for the sick.

Fikellura amphora, 500s B.C.
Archaeological Museum of Rhodes (Rhodos)
Island of Rhodos, Greece

Today this monumental one in Rhodos houses fabulous archaeological treasures found there and on surrounding islands.

In the warm, clear Rhodian autumn of 2011, Spicy spent a whole, happy afternoon perusing them.

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