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:

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…

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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…

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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 …

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