Anatolia
This category deals with an area that is more or less identical to modern Turkey, prior to, say, Alexander the Great.
There are 566 items in Anatolia:
![]() Bolu, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Galatian torques |
![]() Bor, Relief of king Warpalas |
![]() Bor, Relief of king Warpalas, inscription |
Burdur, Archaeological Museum
The Burdur Archaeological Museum is just fine. You will find all sculpture from Sagalassus over there, plus some objects from minor sites. Among the latter is a nice frieze that was probably part of the tomb of a man who…Caesarea-Mazaca (Kayseri)
Caesarea-Mazaca: ancient town in central Anatolia, modern Kayseri.History Hellenistic relief of a soldier Cappadocia Settled in the Bronze Age, named Mazaka in Hattic,…Cappadocia
Cappadocia: ancient name for the country between the rivers Halys and Euphrates, today central Turkey.Country Cappadocia's famous rocks Cappadocia is defined as…
![]() Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Cappadocian |
Caria
Caria: the southwest of modern Turkey, incorporated in c.545 BCE the ancient Achaemenid empire as the satrapy Karkâ. Its capital was Halicarnassus (modern Bodrum).Early history …
![]() Persepolis, Apadana, East Stairs, Carian |
![]() The Carian coast, north of Bodrum |
![]() Çatalhöyük, Statuette of a woman with two felines |
![]() Çavustepe, from the plain |