Blond Kouros's Head of the Acropolis, Marble head at Acropolis Museum, Athens, Greece

The Blond Kouros's Head is a marble head of a young man, 25 cm high, 12.5 cm wide under the ears and 22.8 cm deep, kept in the Acropolis Museum in Athens (Inv. 689). Wavy striated hair ends in a row of tight curls across the forehead and before the ears; the face has almond-shaped eyes with carved lids, a straight nose and full closed lips. Only a short neck remains below the chin.

The work dates to around 480 BC and was discovered in 1923 northeast of the current museum site on the Acropolis. The find belongs to a period when Greek sculptors were moving away from rigid conventions and beginning to depict people more realistically.

This sculpture represents the Greek tradition of kouros figures, which depicted young men and were produced across generations. It shows how artists gradually improved at capturing human forms with greater accuracy over time.

The object can be viewed in a dedicated exhibition area that allows examination of fine details from various positions. Visitors should take time to explore different perspectives, as this provides better understanding of the artistic work.

The head and part of a pelvis were found together in 1923 in the Perserschutt, the debris layer left after the Persian sack of the Acropolis. A painted reconstruction by Dr. Alfons Neubauer of the Munich Glyptothek shows how the hair may have looked with its blond color.