Museum of Byzantine Civilization
Public museum of Byzantine art and life, rich in painted early Christian tombs and wall paintings.
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This guide to the Museum of Byzantine Civilization in Thessaloniki stops at one painted wall from a fourth-century tomb found in the city's western cemetery. It is about a family of four and a grandmother named Aurelia Procla, and about an old ritual of offerings to the dead carried out in an age turning Christian. You'll hear about the small tomb itself and the painters who decorated it in just four colours. Best heard standing in Room Three, in front of the tomb paintings.
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