Rabat Archaeological Museum, Rabat

Rabat Archaeological Museum, Rabat

Rabat Archaeological Museum, opened in 1932, contains the most extensive collection of archaeological artifacts found in Morocco. It contains prehistoric and pre-Islamic collections including an extensive collection of objects uncovered by archaeologists working in Volubilis, Banasa and Thamusida, and were first put on display in 1930-1932. This includes human remains from the middle palaeolithic period to the neolithic (4000 B.C.). A further find in 1957 saw the museum expand considerably, after which it became a National Museum and it has housed the National Museum collections since 1986. Pre-Roman and Roman civilisations are well-represented in the museum with a number of notable Hellenistic-style bronzes such as the Dog of Volubilis, and the marble 'Ephebe Crowned With Ivy and Head of a Young Berber'.

On the ground floor of the museum is an extensive collection of stone artifacts from prehistoric cultures. On display are a number of tools, arrows, axes, swordss, items of pottery, altars and sarcophagi and polished stones and stelae carved with inscriptions. The floor also has a number of tomb fragments and rock carvings. It covers Acheulian culture. The Pre-Islamic collection of the museum is derived from sites that include Volubilis, Banasa, Thamusida, Sala and Mogador and are organized by theme. The displays such as cooking utensils such as plates, dishes, glasses and knives reveal much about every day life and Mediterranean relations in earlier times particularly between Morocco and Carthage. The museum has an extensive collection found at the site of Sala-Chellah on the upper floor of the museum including an early Christian altar, a Byzantine censer.
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Sight Name: Rabat Archaeological Museum
Sight Location: Rabat, Morocco (See walking tours in Rabat)
Sight Type: Museum/Gallery

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