Istanbul
Arkeoloji Müzesi (Istanbul Archaeology Museum)
One of the Finest Museums in the World
Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu
Gülhane, 34425
Nearest Train: Gülhane
Phone: +90 212 520 7740
Twenty galleries filled with artifacts gathered from all over Turkey and the Near East celebrate 5,000 years of history with exhibits from Byzantium, the Ottoman Empire and the many civilizations of Anatolia and ancient Egypt. The main building houses the finds of nineteenth-century archaeologist Osman Hamdi Bey, in particular the famous fourth-century Alexander sarcophagus discovered at the royal necropolis of Sidon in Lebanon. The Museum of the Ancient Orient contains artifacts from Egypt and Mesopotamia, including a magnificent frieze of a bull from the Ishtar gate in Babylon.
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