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Sarcophagus of Tabnit, King of Sidon, at Istanbul Archaeology Museum :

Mystery of the Tombs at Istanbul Archaeology Museum. These are tombs! In the Archaeology Museum of Istanbul! They look egyptian tombs as well as hellenistic statues. Who were these people? Where were they from? There are more! Unique and magnificent each! Lets search the story of mysterious tombs of Istanbul Museum together! Soon here! For now, you can just catch me in Istanbul ...

Banquet Stele at Istanbul Archaeology Museum

Apollo Citharoedus, Lyre Playing Apollo, the god of light, wisdom and reason. He is playing his lyre placed on a pedestal, in a group statues depicting the god Apollo and his muses, sources of inspiration, found at the Baths of Faustina in the ancient city of Miletus. It is dated to the 2nd century AD. Faustina was the daughter of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius and the wife of Emperor Marcus Aurelius. After her death, the famous baths of Miletus were named after her. At Istanbul Archaeology Museum, Turkey.

Hunting Scene Detail of Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul showing Alexander and the Macedonians on horses hunting lions together with Abdalonymus and the Persians.

Aizanoi : Roman city in west-central Anatolia, investigations directed by Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. The Alcami : Richard Bayliss of the University of Newcastle, excavations, survey, and computer modeling of a late Roman basilica. Alishar Höyük : The impact of the Hittite Imperialism is explored at this Anatolian settlement, by Ronald L. Gorny; an abstract from the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research. Amuq Valley : Regional Project Results from recent investigations; complete .pdf article in American Journal of Archaeology by K.A. Yener et. al. Aphrodisias : Recent excavations at this Greek and Roman period site; report in American Journal of Archaeology by R.R.R. Smith and Christopher Ratté Aspendos : A brief description of this theater, built ca. 5th century BC. Atskouri : Excavations by the University of Bilkent, occupation from 6th century BC to the present. Ayasoluk : (Ephesus) Recent excavations centered on the Mycenaean occupation of this ancien...

The Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths The Lycian tomb describing the Battle of Centaurs and Lapiths discovered in the Necropolis of Sidon, among important finds such as the Alexander Sarcophagus, and the Sarcophagus of the Crying Women, which are now on display at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum in Istanbul. This sarcophagus called Lycian sarcophagus due to its resemblance to the sarcophagi of Lycian region, which is the artwork of an ancient Lycian sculptor.

Aizanoi Roman city in west-central Anatolia, investigations directed by Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. The Alcami Richard Bayliss of the University of Newcastle, excavations, survey, and computer modeling of a late Roman basilica. Alishar Höyük The impact of the Hittite Imperialism is explored at this Anatolian settlement, by Ronald L. Gorny; an abstract from the Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research.

3rd Century Roman sarcophagus of Sidamara at Archaeology Museum of Konya.

PHOTO: Oceanus of Ephesus and Zeus of Gaza in the background at Istanbul Archaeology Museum. In classical antiquity, Oceanus was believed to be the world-ocean, which the ancient Romans and Greeks considered to be an enormous river encircling the world. Strictly speaking, Oceanus was the ocean-stream at the Equator in which floated the habitable hemisphere. In Greek mythology, this world-ocean was personified as a Titan, a son of Uranus and Gaia.

The Sarcophagus of the Crying Women in Istanbul Archaeology Museum, found at the Royal Necropolis in Sidon.

Alexander Sarcophagus, War Scene Detail: Detail of Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul Archaeology Museum: The carvings on one short end depicts a battle, perhaps the Battle of Gaza, in which case the pediment above that end would be showing the murder of Perdiccas. Color reconstruction of one of the short sides of the Sarcophagus:

Scene on Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul Archaeology Museum.

Color reconstruction work of detail on one of the long sides of the Alexander Sarcophagus at Istanbul Archaeology Museum. The carvings on this side of the piece depict Alexander fighting the Persians at the Battle of Issus. Volkmar von Graeve has compared the motif to the famous Alexander Mosaic at Naples, concluding that the iconography of both derives from a common original, a lost painting by Philoxenos of Eretria. Alexander is shown mounted, wearing a lionskin on his head, and preparing to throw a spear at the Persian cavalry.

Ancient stele in Istanbul Archaeology Museum : Athena to the left is attacking two giants who try to flee, which is a bit difficult with their serpent's legs. Both wear lion pelts, the one to the right tries to protect himself with it. Roman, 2nd century BC from Aphrodisias . Gigantomachy was the symbolic struggle between the cosmic order of the Olympians led by Zeus and the nether forces of Chaos led by the giant Alcyoneus in Greek mythology. Heracles fought on the side of Olympians, who defeated the Giants in accordance with Hera's prophecy that the gods' victory would not be accomplished without the participation of the son of a mortal mother.