The Alanya Archaeological Museum

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If you get tired of lying on beautiful Turkish beaches during your holiday, then you should pay attention to the Alanya Archaeological Museum. It is not difficult to find it - it is located near the city park, in the direction of the main street of Alanya - Ataturk Boulevard. Landmark - Cultural center of the city.

The collection of the archaeological museum of Alanya is so big that all the objects do not even fit in the building. Part of the exposition is exhibited in the courtyard

The Alanya Archaeological Museum was opened in 1967 and is still updated with new exhibits every year. The matter is that excavations are constantly conducted in Turkey, so that a lot of artifacts will soon be in the museum. The exposition of the archaeological museum of Alanya is solid - antiquities are exhibited in 14 rooms. Here you can see a variety of things, dating back to the Bronze Age. In the museum are collected historical monuments from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Byzantium and other countries.

The pride of the museum is the most ancient exhibits - letters, fragments of monuments. So, for example, you can see a tombstone dating from 1 century BC, a Phoenician stone with inscriptions dating back to 625 BC, and even a handwritten text of the Koran.

A large collection of coins that were used in ancient Rome, in the Ottoman and Seljuk empires . Adults and children will certainly like the vast collection of weapons . Do not forget to go to a separate room where the Hercules bronze sculpture is located . Historians believe that the statue was cast in the 2nd century BC and brought to the the territory of modern Turkey pirates . It is worth noting the skill of the sculptor who produced the statue . The features of Hercules' face, his relief body - everything is done so beautifully and realistically that it can not fail to impress visitors .

The statue was found during excavations in 1967 in the village of Asartepe, in the mountains

The special place in the museum is assigned to the vessels for the ashes of the Byzantine and Roman periods . These vases in the form of sarcophagi served to store the ashes of the deceased people . The fact is that burying the dead was not accepted - land in the territory of modern Turkey rocky, a poem it can not be easily unearthed . The bodies of the deceased were burned and the ashes were placed in special vessels . At that time this ritual had a special meaning - it was believed that after cremation the person became immortal . Moreover, all the relatives of the deceased after the rite also got immortality . It is worth noting that the collection of vessels in the museum is very large - they are located both in the walls of the building and on the street .

Covers of such vessels for ash are made in the form of a saddle. The vases themselves look very interesting. They can see different drawings, patterns, ancient Greek inscriptions, and sometimes even small portraits. All the vessels for ash were made from limestone.

It is worth paying attention to a part of the old house, exactly as it was in the era of the Ottoman and Seljuk empires. Archaeologists have found it, but in order to transport it to the museum, the building had to be dismantled. Then, following the architects' intentions, the scientists gathered this house in the museum.

Alanya Archaeological Museum

The collection of the Alanya Archaeological Museum is so big that all the objects can not even be placed in the building. Part of the exhibition is on display in the courtyard. Here you can see clothes, jewelry, carpets, household items and much more. In the courtyard there is agricultural equipment and a press for pressing grapes

Address: Alanya, Saray Mh, Ismail Hilmi Balci Cd, 1-7.

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