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

Istanbul Archaeological Museum, the first regular museum to appear in the history of the Ottoman Empire and Türkiye, has about a million artifacts from various cultures brought from the imperial lands. 664

Istanbul Archaeological Museum: Cankurtaran, 34122 Fatih/İstanbul, Türkiye
Date Picture Taken: April 2023

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.