In a place so filled with Greek, Roman, and earlier sites, you'd expect to find many impressive museums. And you'd be right.
But even among this abundance, the museum in Palermo tops them all, and is one of the finest in all Italy.
Among its highlights are the Palermo Stone with hieroglyphics listing Egyptian Pharaohs of the third and fourth millennia BC, a colossal second-century BC statue of Zeus, and the outstanding sculptures and friezes from the temples at Selinunte.
Look also for the Etruscan Mercury staff, grave carvings from Chiusi, Attic grave-reliefs, as well as Stone Age and Copper Age tools and vessels
