Istanbul Archaeological Museums
Overview
Osman Hamdi Bey's museum complex in the Topkapi outer court, among the first in the Ottoman world. The Alexander Sarcophagus from Sidon, the Treaty of Kadesh clay tablets, and the gorgeous tiled sarcophagi of the royal necropolis. Over a million objects spanning Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and classical worlds.
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