![Istanbul Museum of Archaeology, located near Topkapi Palace](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374992.TurkeyApr061210.jpg) Istanbul Museum of Archaeology, located near Topkapi Palace |
![The Istanbul Museum of Archaeology complex also contains the Museum of the Ancient Orient](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374985.TurkeyApr061207.jpg) The Istanbul Museum of Archaeology complex also contains the Museum of the Ancient Orient |
![Istanbul Museum of Archaeology](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375096.TurkeyApr061359.jpg) Istanbul Museum of Archaeology |
![Istanbul Museum of Archaeology](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374990.TurkeyApr061209.jpg) Istanbul Museum of Archaeology |
![Istanbul Museum of Archaeology](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375095.TurkeyApr061358.jpg) Istanbul Museum of Archaeology |
![TurkeyApr06 1353.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375090.TurkeyApr061353.jpg) TurkeyApr06 1353.jpg |
![Kapi Aslani / Portal Lions, Late Hittite Period (8th C. BC) Sam'al (Sinjerli)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374987.TurkeyApr061208.jpg) Kapi Aslani / Portal Lions, Late Hittite Period (8th C. BC) Sam'al (Sinjerli) |
![Bes, dominating the entrance to the Archaeological Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374995.TurkeyApr061211.jpg) Bes, dominating the entrance to the Archaeological Museum |
![Kouros (statue of a standing youth) Archaic Period, late 6th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374997.TurkeyApr061213.jpg) Kouros (statue of a standing youth) Archaic Period, late 6th C. BC |
![Head of a Kouros, Samos, Archaic Period, 6th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60374999.TurkeyApr061215.jpg) Head of a Kouros, Samos, Archaic Period, 6th C. BC |
![Relief of a Charioteer, Archaic, 6th C. BC, Cyzicus (Erdek)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375001.TurkeyApr061217.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375005.TurkeyApr061219.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375004.TurkeyApr061218.jpg) Full color reproduction of a relief of a soldier |
![Archer from the Aegina Temple (original at the Glyptotek München) shown with full color](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375006.TurkeyApr061220.jpg) Archer from the Aegina Temple (original at the Glyptotek München) shown with full color |
![Color recreation from the Temple of Aegina](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375010.TurkeyApr061227.jpg) Color recreation from the Temple of Aegina |
![Another full color reproduction of an archer](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375007.TurkeyApr061221.jpg) Another full color reproduction of an archer |
![Funerary Stele with Farewell Scene, Classical Period, end 5th C. BC, Amisus (Samsun)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375008.TurkeyApr061222.jpg) 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)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375009.TurkeyApr061225.jpg) Funerary Stele of a Soldier, Classical Period 430-420 BC, Pella (near Salonika, Attica) |
![Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375011.TurkeyApr061228.jpg) Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC |
![Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375012.TurkeyApr061229.jpg) Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC |
![Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375021.TurkeyApr061242.jpg) Alexander the Great by Menas, Hellenistic, mid-3rd C. BC |
![Young Woman, late Hellenistic, 1st C. BC, Cyme (Namurt)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375014.TurkeyApr061233.jpg) Young Woman, late Hellenistic, 1st C. BC, Cyme (Namurt) |
![Marsyas, the Phrygian Satyr who challenged Apollo, Roman copy of 3rd C. BC original, Tarsus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375015.TurkeyApr061234.jpg) Marsyas, the Phrygian Satyr who challenged Apollo, Roman copy of 3rd C. BC original, Tarsus |
![Hermaphroditus, Hellenistic, 3rd C. BC, Pergamum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375016.TurkeyApr061236.jpg) Hermaphroditus, Hellenistic, 3rd C. BC, Pergamum |
![Colossal statue of a divine figure, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC, Pergamum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375017.TurkeyApr061238.jpg) Colossal statue of a divine figure, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC, Pergamum |
![Lion head](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375018.TurkeyApr061240.jpg) Lion head |
![Massive bearded head of a man](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375019.TurkeyApr061241.jpg) Massive bearded head of a man |
![Baebia, late Hellenistic, ca mid 1st C. BC, Temple of Athena, Madnesia Ad Maeandrum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375022.TurkeyApr061243.jpg) 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)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375023.TurkeyApr061245.jpg) Ephebe, young athlete cloaked, early Roman 1st C. BC-1st C. AD, Tralles (Aydin) |
![Apollo, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375025.TurkeyApr061247.jpg) Apollo, Hellenistic, 2nd C. BC |
![Nymph, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375026.TurkeyApr061249.jpg) Nymph, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin) |
![Column in the form of a maiden, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375027.TurkeyApr061251.jpg) Column in the form of a maiden, early Roman, Tralles (Aydin) |
![Head of the poetess Sappho, Roman copy of Greek original, Smyrna (Izmir)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375028.TurkeyApr061253.jpg) Head of the poetess Sappho, Roman copy of Greek original, Smyrna (Izmir) |
![Bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375029.TurkeyApr061259.jpg) Bust of the Emperor Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) |
![Relief of the struggle between Athena and the Gigantes, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Aphrodisias](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375031.TurkeyApr061265.jpg) Relief of the struggle between Athena and the Gigantes, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Aphrodisias |
![Triton (Gigantes) detail](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375030.TurkeyApr061264.jpg) Triton (Gigantes) detail |
![Triton (Gigantes) and Athena](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375032.TurkeyApr061267.jpg) Triton (Gigantes) and Athena |
![Ephesus Demos, Roman, 2nd C. AD](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375033.TurkeyApr061268.jpg) Ephesus Demos, Roman, 2nd C. AD |
![Apollo playing the Cithara, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Miletus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375034.TurkeyApr061272.jpg) Apollo playing the Cithara, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Miletus |
![Oceanus, god of the rivers, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Ephesus (Efes)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375035.TurkeyApr061274.jpg) Oceanus, god of the rivers, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Ephesus (Efes) |
![Tyche, goddess of luck, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Prusias Ad Hypium](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375036.TurkeyApr061276.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375037.TurkeyApr061278.jpg) The supreme god Zeus Amon, 2nd C AD copy of 4th C. BC original, Pergamum |
![Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Gaza](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375038.TurkeyApr061280.jpg) Zeus, Roman, 2nd C. AD, Gaza |
![Artemis, Roman copy of 4th C. BC original, Mytilene-Lesbos](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375039.TurkeyApr061282.jpg) Artemis, Roman copy of 4th C. BC original, Mytilene-Lesbos |
![Poseidon, early Roman](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375040.TurkeyApr061284.jpg) Poseidon, early Roman |
![Relief depicting Roman soldiers from the Triumphal Arch commemorating victory over the Dacians, 98-117 AD, Adam-Klissi](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375041.TurkeyApr061286.jpg) Relief depicting Roman soldiers from the Triumphal Arch commemorating victory over the Dacians, 98-117 AD, Adam-Klissi |
![Kids mockup of the Trojan Horse](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375042.TurkeyApr061288.jpg) Kids mockup of the Trojan Horse |
![Sarcophagus of Sidonian King Tabnit originally belonged to the Egyptian general Penephatah (600-525 BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375043.TurkeyApr061290.jpg) 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)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375044.TurkeyApr061291.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375046.TurkeyApr061293.jpg) Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC not looking too good in his old age |
![Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375086.TurkeyApr061349.jpg) Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC |
![Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375088.TurkeyApr061351.jpg) Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC |
![Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375089.TurkeyApr061352.jpg) Tabnit, King of Sidon, ca 500 BC |
![Anthropooid sarcophagus of a woman in the Greek style, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 470-460 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375047.TurkeyApr061296.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375049.TurkeyApr061299.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375048.TurkeyApr061298.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375050.TurkeyApr061303.jpg) The Istanbul Archaeological Museum's masterpiece, the Alexander Sarcophagos, 4th C. BC |
![Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375055.TurkeyApr061311.jpg) Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Greeks battling the Persians at the Battle of Issue (333 BC)](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375051.TurkeyApr061304.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375052.TurkeyApr061305.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375053.TurkeyApr061308.jpg) Alexander the great wearing a lion headress which still retains some of its ancient coloring |
![Artists recreation of the original coloring of Alexander](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375054.TurkeyApr061309.jpg) Artists recreation of the original coloring of Alexander |
![Hephaestion, the lover of Alexander the Great, mounted at the Battle of Issis, 333 BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60378907.TurkeyApr061306.jpg) Hephaestion, the lover of Alexander the Great, mounted at the Battle of Issis, 333 BC |
![Scene depicting a panther hunt, Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375056.TurkeyApr061312.jpg) Scene depicting a panther hunt, Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Abdalonymos battling a panther](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375057.TurkeyApr061313.jpg) Abdalonymos battling a panther |
![The side of the Alexander Sarcophagus from the Royal Necropolis of Sidon depicting the Lion Hunt](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375072.TurkeyApr061329.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375062.TurkeyApr061318.jpg) The opposite side of the Alexander Sarcophagus depicts a lion hunt |
![Abdalonymos with his mount being attacked by a lion](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375061.TurkeyApr061317.jpg) Abdalonymos with his mount being attacked by a lion |
![Archer dressed in Persian style with a naked Macedonian hunter](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375063.TurkeyApr061319.jpg) Archer dressed in Persian style with a naked Macedonian hunter |
![Macedonian hunter, headless, Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375064.TurkeyApr061321.jpg) Macedonian hunter, headless, Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375058.TurkeyApr061314.jpg) Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Blond hair remains on this Macedonian soldier](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375059.TurkeyApr061315.jpg) Blond hair remains on this Macedonian soldier |
![Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375060.TurkeyApr061316.jpg) Macedonian soldier, Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Scene depicting the Battle of Gaza (312 BC) in which Abdalonymos (mounted) is killed](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375065.TurkeyApr061323.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375066.TurkeyApr061324.jpg) 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](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375067.TurkeyApr061325.jpg) Murder of Perdiccas, Viceroy of Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great, in his camp during the campaign in Egypt |
![Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375068.TurkeyApr061326.jpg) Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Identification of the figures on the reliefs of the Alexander Sarcophagus](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/93/329493/2/60375070.TurkeyApr061327.jpg) Identification of the figures on the reliefs of the Alexander Sarcophagus |
![Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375071.TurkeyApr061328.jpg) Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women |
![Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375073.TurkeyApr061331.jpg) Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women |
![Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375074.TurkeyApr061333.jpg) Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon |
![Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375075.TurkeyApr061334.jpg) Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375076.TurkeyApr061336.jpg) Satrap Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375081.TurkeyApr061342.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375078.TurkeyApr061338.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375084.TurkeyApr061347.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375080.TurkeyApr061339.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375082.TurkeyApr061343.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375083.TurkeyApr061344.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375085.TurkeyApr061348.jpg) Lycian Sarcophagus, Royal Necropolis of Sidon, 5th C. BC |
![Early Christian sarcophagus displayed outside the Istanbul Archaeological Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375087.TurkeyApr061350.jpg) Early Christian sarcophagus displayed outside the Istanbul Archaeological Museum |
![Istanbul Archaeological Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375091.TurkeyApr061354.jpg) Istanbul Archaeological Museum |
![Pieces lining the back hallway to the toilets, Istanbul Archaeological Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375092.TurkeyApr061355.jpg) Pieces lining the back hallway to the toilets, Istanbul Archaeological Museum |
![Istanbul Archaeological Museum](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375093.TurkeyApr061356.jpg) Istanbul Archaeological Museum |
![Tiled kiosk of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, 1472](https://a4.pbase.com/o4/93/329493/1/60375094.TurkeyApr061357.jpg) Tiled kiosk of Sultan Mehmet the Conqueror, 1472 |