Taranto Archaeological Museum

Taranto museum is a regarded as one of the best in Italy. No caseloads of shards here: many of the exhibits look as if they had been made yesterday.

The 2m tall statue of Zeus has spent the past 2500 years buried in a cave and was only discovered recently. He's polished up nicely.

The 3 inch fetish is 20,000 years old as is the face which formed part of a pot.Read more