The department of Greek art, where you can see the splendid bust of Diocletian on the photo to the left, has reasonable dimensions – the other parts are immodestly big, and I wondered which museum had the largest archaeological collection: Istanbul or the Paris Louvre. I had not expected a museum of these dimensions, and was exhausted after visiting it three times in three days. And every object is splendid. It is, to paraphrase Truman Capote, like eating an entire box of chocolate liqueurs in one go.
Most departments of the museum close at five o’ clock, but the main building closes at seven. In the garden, between the ancient columns, tombstones, and sarcophagi, you can buy coffee, tea, and soft drinks. You will probably need them to survive this big, beautiful museum.
This museum was visited in 2008, 2012.
Aššur, Old Palace, Head of a lamassu
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Didyma, Head of Zeus
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Palmyra, Tombstone of a man
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Ephesus, Archaic temple of Artemis, Gold falcon
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Troy VIII, Head of Zeus
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Ivriz, Relief of king Warpalas and the god Tarhunza
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Byblos, Statue of Poseidon
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 3, Sidon, Alexander Sarcophagus
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 6, Sarcophagus of the satrap
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Troy VIIb, Pottery
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Coin of the Bosphorus
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Bor, Relief of king Warpalas, inscription
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 3, Alexander sarcophagus (09) Hephaestion
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Hattusa, Deeds of Šuppililiuma
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Seleucia in Pieria, Sarcophagus with the Dioscuri
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Assos, Temple of Athena, Façade
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Hippodrome, Porphyrius Monument of the Greens
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Roman statue of the Egyptian god Bes from Amathus
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Aššur, Altar of Tikulti-Ninurta I
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Hellenistic funeral stele
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Snake head from the Greek victory monument in Delphi, later brought to Constantinople
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Cyzicus, Column drum
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Constantinople, Tombstone of Menios
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Smyrna, Sappho (Roman copy of a Hellenistic portrait)
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Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius, Tombstone of an aquilifer of II Adiutrix
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Baalbek, Temple of Jupiter, Lion
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Dascylium, Short funerary stele
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Hippodrome, Kathisma, capital
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Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius, Orpheus
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Kanesh, Account of a caravan
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Dascylium, Short funerary stele: chariot
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Ephesus, Archaic temple of Artemis, Ivory lion
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Pergamene copy of the Alcamenes herm
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Saba'a, Relief of Adad-Nirari III
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Ephesus, Archaic temple of Artemis, Ivory figurine of the goddess
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Samos, Heracles as archer
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Nicomedia, Sarcophagus
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Aššur, Syllabilary with old and new cuneiform signs
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Dascylium, Relief of a Magian venerating the fire
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Abydus, Anastasius' passage law
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Yemen, Arab warrior
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Jerusalem, Siloam Inscription
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Amida, Relief of Naram-Sin
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Chalcedon, Tombstone of Severius Acceptus of VIII Augusta
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 4, Lycian sarcophagus
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Hippodrome, Porphyrius Monument of the Blues
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 7, Greek-style sarcophagus
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Tenedos, Head of Hermes (archaizing)
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Aphrodisias, Valentinian II
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Yemenite relief of a woman and a man, seated on dromedaries, meeting at a well
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 4, Lycian sarcophagus, Sphinxes
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Sidon, Funerary stele of Salmamodes
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 3, Alexander sarcophagus (02) Alexander
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Troy VIII, Metope
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Kanesh, Letter (in an envelope) concerning silver debt
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Sidon, Bustan esh-Sheikh, Egyptianizing head
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Halicarnassus, Mausoleum, Lion
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 3, Alexander sarcophagus (18) (Abdalonymus)
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Aššur, Statue of Šalmaneser III
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 1, Egyptian-style sarcophagus
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Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius, Relief with soldiers
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Bor, Relief of king Warpalas
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Troy VIII, Treaty between Troy and six other towns
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Pergamon, Portrait of Alexander the Great
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Sarcophagus from the Persian age
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 1, Sarcophagus of the mourning women
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Mada'in Saleh, Head of a man
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Nicomedia, Portrait of Diocletian
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Sidon, Funerary stele of Dioscurides
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Dascylium, Short funerary stele: chariot: dinner scene
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Samos, Head of a kouros
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Constantinople, Golden Gate, statue of a tetrarch
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The Gezer Calendar
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Dascylium, Long funerary stele, detail: chariot
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Jerusalem, Temple Inscription
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Dascylium, Long funerary stele, Inscription
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Aššur, Parthian stele of a worshipper
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Aššur, Door plaques of Šalmaneser III
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Alexander the Great
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Nineveh, Stele of Sennacherib
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Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius, Arcadius
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Alexandria near Issus, Roman tombstone
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Cyzicus, Kouros
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Pergamon, Portrait of Augustus
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Abydus, Roman tombstone
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Dascylium, Relief of two Magians sacrificing a sheep and a bull
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Mada'in Saleh, Sundial
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Priene, Aphrodite
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Pergamon, Portrait of Agrippina Maior
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Hattusa, Hittite laws about personal damage
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Samos, Head of a kouros
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Assos, Temple of Athena, Façade
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Constantinople, Sea Wall, Royal Gate, Marble decoration
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Palmyra, Jupiter Heliopolitanus
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Pella, Tombstone of a Macedonian warrior
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Perinthus, Portrait of a man
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 3, Alexander sarcophagus (11) (Perdiccas?)
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 2, Sarcophagus of Tabnit
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Dascylium, Frieze of women on horseback
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Nicaea, Funerary relief of Menas
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Lysippus' Alexander
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Nicaea, Statue of Cybele (Roman copy of a Hellenistic original)
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Dascylium, Long funerary stele
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Adana, Portrait of Hadrian
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Nimrud, Northwest Palace of Aššurnasirpal II, Genie
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Alexandria near Issus, Roman tombstone
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Perinthus, Relief of Micallus
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Troy VI, "Minaean" pottery
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Aelia Eudocia II
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Alexander the Great
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Troy IX, Figurine of Cybele
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Perinthus, Portrait of Commodus
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Sidon, Royal Tombs, Chamber 2, Mixed Egyptian-Greek-style sarcophagus
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Perinthus, Tombstone of Paulus of III Italica
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Pergamon, Relief of a hero
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Hattusa, Letter of king Hattusilis III to king Kadashman-Enlil II of Babylonia
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Constantinople, Forum of Theodosius, Tombstone of Aurelius Suro of I Adiutrix
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Kallipolis, Relief of Cybele
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Bolu, Hidirsihlar tumulus, Galatian torques
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Nicomedia, Sea god
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Assos, Temple of Athena, Façade
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Cyzicus, Charioteer
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Smyrna, Relief with a tribute to Euripides
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Miletus, Statue of Apollo
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Hattusa, Kadesh Treaty
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