Dating from the 17th century BC to early Byzantine times, these artefacts will be kept in storerooms to be studied by state archaeologists. In the near future, a museum will be built in the wasteland surrounding the site of Plato's Academy to display the best treasures. For now, they are on display at the Goulandris Museum of Cycladic Art until the end of 2001.

A different fate has been reserved for 60 artefacts, now on permanent exhibition in the three central subway stations from where they were unearthed.

Syntagma Square enjoys the biggest collection. 37 artefacts, together with another 20 replicas, have been arranged behind bulletproof glass. On display are a section of a 4th century AD mosaic floor, parts of a 6th century BC clay water pipe, terracotta loom weights, lamps, small vases, and a group of cylindrical marble tombstones. The station's main attraction is a 36-metre long, six-metre high reconstruction of a vertical slice of the ground showing the successive layers of the city's 5,000-year history. This slice of land and history includes traces of the Eridanos River, which traversed the area in antiquity.

Eleven ancient objects - including parts of a kiln from a pottery workshop - are displayed at Evangelismos station, and another ten at Panepistimio. Like at Syntagma, these originals share their cases with top-quality replicas of other finds.

The Ministry of Culture plans to exhibit a couple of ancient tombs outside Syntagma station, along with sections of an aqueduct built under Peisistratos in the 6th century BC. A Roman baths complex, found down the road and preserved in situ, will also be opened to visitors. Remains of another such complex will be moved to an open-air display at the Athens University campus in Zografou.