Istanbul Archaeological Museum

Istanbul Museum of Archaeology, located near Topkapi Palace	The Istanbul Museum of Archaeology complex also contains the Museum of the Ancient Orient	Istanbul Museum of Archaeology	Istanbul Museum of Archaeology
Istanbul Museum of Archaeology	TurkeyApr06 1353.jpg	Kapi Aslani / Portal Lions, Late Hittite Period (8th C. BC) Sam'al (Sinjerli)	Bes, dominating the entrance to the Archaeological Museum
Kouros (statue of a standing youth) Archaic Period, late 6th C. BC	Head of a Kouros, Samos, Archaic Period, 6th C. BC	Relief of a Charioteer, Archaic, 6th C. BC, Cyzicus (Erdek)	Something new from my first visit was full color models of how pieces may have originally appeared
Full color reproduction of a relief of a soldier	Archer from the Aegina Temple (original at the Glyptotek München) shown with full color	Color recreation from the Temple of Aegina	Another full color reproduction of an archer
Funerary Stele with Farewell Scene, Classical Period, end 5th C. BC, Amisus (Samsun)	Funerary Stele of a Soldier, Classical Period 430-420 BC, Pella (near Salonika, Attica)	Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC	Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC
Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC	Young Woman, late Hellenistic, 1st C. BC, Cyme (Namurt)	Marsyas, the Phrygian Satyr who challenged Apollo, Roman copy of 3rd C. BC original, Tarsus	Hermaphroditus, Hellenistic, 3rd C. BC, Pergamum
Colossal statue of a divine figure, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC, Pergamum	Lion head	Massive bearded head of a man	Baebia, late Hellenistic, ca mid 1st C. BC, Temple of Athena, Madnesia Ad Maeandrum
Ephebe, young athlete cloaked, early Roman 1st C. BC-1st C. AD, Tralles (Aydin)	Apollo, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC	Nymph, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin)	Column in the form of a maiden, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin)
Head of the poetess Sappho, Roman copy of Greek original, Smyrna (Izmir)	Bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD)	Relief of the struggle between Athena and the Gigantes, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Aphrodisias	Triton (Gigantes) detail
Triton (Gigantes) and Athena	Ephesus Demos, Roman, 2nd C. AD	Apollo playing the Cithara, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Miletus	Oceanus, god of the rivers, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Ephesus (Efes)
Tyche, goddess of luck, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Prusias Ad Hypium	The supreme god Zeus Amon, 2nd C AD copy of 4th C. BC original, Pergamum	Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Gaza	Artemis, Roman copy of 4th C. BC original, Mytilene-Lesbos
Poseidon, early Roman	Relief depicting Roman soldiers from the Triumphal Arch commemorating victory over the Dacians, 98-117 AD, Adam-Klissi	Kids mockup of the Trojan Horse	Sarcophagus of Sidonian King Tabnit originally belonged to the Egyptian general Penephatah (600-525 BC)
Sarcophagus of Sidonian King Tabnit originally belonged to the Egyptian general Penephatah (600-525 BC)	Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC not looking too good in his old age	Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC	Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC
Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC	Anthropooid sarcophagus of a woman in the Greek style, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 470-460 BC	Anthropoid sarcophagus of a man in Greek style, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 470-460 BC	Anthropoid sarcophagus of a man in Greek style, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 470-460 BC
The Istanbul Archaeological Museum's masterpiece, the Alexander Sarcophagos, 4th C. BC	Alexander Sarcophagus	Greeks battling the Persians at the Battle of Issue (333 BC)	Greeks battling the Persians at the Battle of Issue (333 BC), Perdiccas is mounted at right
Alexander the great wearing a lion headress which still retains some of its ancient coloring	Artists recreation of the original coloring of Alexander	Hephaestion, the lover of Alexander the Great, mounted at the Battle of Issis, 333 BC	Scene depicting a panther hunt, Alexander Sarcophagus
Abdalonymos battling a panther	The side of the Alexander Sarcophagus from the Royal Necropolis of Sidon depicting the Lion Hunt	The opposite side of the Alexander Sarcophagus depicts a lion hunt	Abdalonymos with his mount being attacked by a lion
Archer dressed in Persian style with a naked Macedonian hunter	Macedonian hunter, headless, Alexander Sarcophagus	Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus	Blond hair remains on this Macedonian soldier
Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus	Scene depicting the Battle of Gaza (312 BC) in which Abdalonymos (mounted) is killed	Macedonian soldier slaying a Persian soldier at the Battle of Gaza, 312 BC	Murder of Perdiccas, Viceroy of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, in his camp during the campaign in Egypt
Alexander Sarcophagus	Identification of the figures on the reliefs of the Alexander Sarcophagus	Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women	Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women
Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon	Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon	Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC
Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC
Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC	Early Christian sarcophagus displayed outside the Istanbul Archaeological Museum	Istanbul Archaeological Museum
Pieces lining the back hallway to the toilets, Istanbul Archaeological Museum	Istanbul Archaeological Museum	Tiled kiosk of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, 1472