Istanbul Turkey Visit, Third Day, Istanbul Archaeological Museum, Turkey

Istanbul Archaeological Museum, which is first regular museum appearing in the history of Ottoman Empire and in Türkiye, has about a million artifacts from a variety of cultures, brought from the imperial lands.

Istanbul Archaeological Museum: Cankurtaran, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye

The Arkeoloji Müzesi (İstanbul Archaeological Museums) has twenty galleries filled with artefacts from all over Türkiye and the East, celebrating 5000 years of history with exhibits from Eastern Roman, the Ottoman Empire and the many civilisations of Anatolia and ancient Egypt. The main building houses the finds of 19th-century archaeologist Osman Hamdi Bey, in particular the famous 4th-century Alexander Sarcophagus discovered in the royal necropolis of Sidon in Lebanon.

After the museum, I visited Pierre Loti Hill to view Istanbul from higher ground.