The Istanbul Archaeology Museums are a group of three archaeological museums located in the Eminönü quarter of Istanbul, Turkey, near Gülhane Park and Topkapı Palace. These museums house over one mill
Entrance gate of the Archaeological Museum
Bust and memorial plaque to Osman Hamdi Bey in the foyer of the main building.
Pediment of Istanbul Archaeological Museum, with Ottoman Turkish اثار عتيقة موزسي "Asar-ı Atika Müzesi" (Museum of Antiquities), and the tughra of Abdulhamid II.
Si.427 obverse, dates from the Old Babylonian period between 1900 and 1600 BCE. Discovered in the late 19th century in what is now Iraq.
The Alexander Sarcophagus is a late 4th century BC Hellenistic stone sarcophagus from the Royal necropolis of Ayaa near Sidon, Lebanon. It is adorned with high relief carvings of Alexander the Great a
Istanbul Archaeology Museums
…June 13, 1891. The architect was Alexander Vallaury who also designed the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul. The facade of the building was inspired by the Alexander Sarcophagus and Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women, both housed inside the museum. The inscription in Ottoman Turkish on the pediments of the gates at the entrance…
Alexander Sarcophagus, Istanbul Archaeological Museums 2024
Istanbul Archaeological Museum Alexander Sarcophagus pediment above battle scene 2981
Alexander routs Persians on one of the long sides of the Alexander Sarcophagus
Colour reconstruction of one of the short sides of the Sarcophagus