I like Ecbatana (Hamadan). Once the main settlement of the Medians, it is now a large town that also happens to be the world’s French fries capital. I’ve been there five times now and I really came to love the…
A very large and well-organized museum. The collection of ancient art consists of Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman arts. There are also some splendid examples of Coptic textiles.
Other departments of this museum show Medieval Christian, Renaissance, and Islamic art. There…
There’s nothing wrong with the Thermenmuseum, the Museum of the Roman Baths, in Limburg. It is a large, modern hall in which you can see the remains of the bathhouse of ancient Coriovallum, the largest Roman ruin in the Netherlands.…
What did I expect when I decided to visit the Istanbul Archaeological Museum? I only had some vague notions about the collection, but nothing more. I knew that the famous Alexander sarcophagus and a well-known portrait of Diocletian were there;…
In this museum, you can see the mosaics that once graced the floors of the palace of the Byzantine emperors.
There are 12 items in Istanbul, Mosaic Museum:
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The shrine of Poseidon at the Isthmus of Corinth, called Isthmia, must have been one of the most important sanctuaries in ancient Greece. Yet, no one knew where it was until it was discovered by Oscar Broneer in 1952. The…
Lovely, quiet museum with a large collection of finds from Smyrna and other Ionian cities, mostly from the Roman age. There's also a numismatic department with, of course, ancient coins, and jewelry.
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Situated in the Jerusalem Archaeological Park, the Davidson Center is immediately southwest of the Temple complex. You can see finds from Jerusalem's Jewish, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic past.
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Large historical museum. The Dead Sea Scrolls are stored in a separate part, the "Shrine of the Book". There's a famous model of first-century Jerusalem.
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Old-fashioned and lovely archaeological museum in Jerusalem, documenting Palestine's past from the Bronze until the Islamic Age. It was once known as Palestine Archaeological Museum.
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