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:
Urartian helmet |
Urartian helmet with crest |
Urartian inscription |
Urartian quiver and arrows |
Urartian ram |
Statue of ram (Urartian?) |
Urartian seals |
Urartu
Urartu (Akkadian Uraštu; Hebrew Ararat): ancient kingdom, situated along the river Araxes (modern Aras), the Upper Tigris and the Upper Euphrates. …
Van-Rusahinili, Urartian bowl |
Van, Archaeological Museum
We visited this museum in 2007, but found it closed. Nevertheless, in the garden were some interesting objects. There are 3 items in Van, Archaeological Museum: …
Van, Citadel, Approach from the west |
Van, Citadel, Detail |