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A
modern steel gate marks
the entranceway into the
museum grounds.
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Very
stateful buildings house
the museum proper.
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Marble
stairs and bannisters
with portal lions on either side.
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Portal Lion (Kapi Aslani)
from the Late Hittite Period,
8th century BC.
Further
Description
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Bonnie,
standing a whopping
5 foot 2ish gives us great
relative size to see how large
this medusa head is. Much akin
to the medusa heads found in
the Basilica
Cistern. |
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A
highly ornamented coffin
of stone sits idly on by
outside the main part of
the museum.
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What
looks like two artistocratic
Roman men and a young
child are carved here, in an
aging and worn piece of
stone.
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Nondescript
Roman god
statue with considerable
wear to the face. Reminds
me of the Sphinx in Egypt,
with pictures from a trip
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A
small metal cherub forms
part of a light on the
outside grounds. |
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An
underexposed Bonnie
wears her Turkiye shirt
with pride on this warm,
yet relatively rainy day. |
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Describing
a man that liked
to hunt is my guess, with
carvings of the falcon and
hunting dog on either side
of the Greek description.
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