Archaeology
Museums & Finds
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Place · Hatay
Hatay Archaeology Museum
The Hatay Archaeology Museum in Antakya: Roman mosaics from ancient Antioch, Daphne and Seleucia Pieria, the statue of King Šuppiluliuma and how…
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Place · Aegean
Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus in Bodrum, the tomb of King Mausolus and a Wonder of the Ancient World: its history, the foundations…
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Place · Aegean
Bodrum Castle
Bodrum Castle, the Castle of St. Peter built by the Knights of St. John with stones of the Mausoleum, now home to…
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Place · Istanbul
Great Palace Mosaic Museum
The Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Sultanahmet: the surviving floor of a courtyard of the Byzantine emperors' palace, with elephants, griffins, hunters…
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Place · Istanbul
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
The Istanbul Archaeology Museums beside Topkapı Palace: the Alexander Sarcophagus, the lions of Babylon, the oldest peace treaty and the Tiled Kiosk.
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Place · Gaziantep
Zeugma Mosaic Museum
The Zeugma Mosaic Museum in Gaziantep: the Gypsy Girl and Roman floors rescued from the Euphrates before a dam flooded ancient Zeugma.
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Place · Şanlıurfa
Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum
The Şanlıurfa Archaeology Museum: the Urfa Man, a Neolithic life-size human statue, finds and full-size reconstructions from Göbeklitepe and Nevalı Çori, and…
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Place · Ankara
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara: a 15th-century Ottoman bazaar holding the Seated Woman of Çatalhöyük, the Alacahöyük standards, the Kültepe…
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Place · Aegean
Troy
Troy at Hisarlık near Çanakkale: nine cities in one mound, the walls of Homer's Ilion, Schliemann's trench and the Troy Museum. A…
