Antalya Archaeology Museum, The Antalya Arena has consistently been settled, anytime back the Paleolithic Age untill today. Back there are names of this arena mentioned in Homer’s llliad, it is accessible that there was an aboriginal humans alleged Pamphilio active in in this arena about 1200 B.C. The arena laterwas underthe ascendancy of the Lydian Kingdom, the Persians and Alexander the Great The western allotment of Pamphillia was acquired by the Baron Attalos II of Pergarnon in 2nd aeon B.C. and the baron founded a city-limits on the western bank of the Mediterranean Sea and gave his name to the city, ‘Attalia’, today’s Antalya. The city-limits was subjected to the Roman Empire afterwards afterlife of Attalos III and to the Byzantine Empire alpha from the 4th century. As of the Seljuks’ acquisition of the city-limits in 1207, the Turkish-Islamic aeon began and the arena came beneath the ascendancy of the Ottoman Accompaniment appear the end of the 14th century.
A Abbreviate History of The Museum
At the end of the Aboriginal World War, during the time if Antalya was underthe Italian aggressive occupation. Italian archeologists started to abolish the archeological treasures that had been begin in the the centermost orthe ambience to the Italian Embassy, which they claimed to do in the name of civilization. To anticipate these initiatives, Suleyman Fikri Bey, the Sultani teacher, activated to the Antalya column and administration of the provinial Governor in 1919 and had himself appointed as autonomous administrator of antiquities and aboriginal approved to authorize the Antalya Architecture by accession what remained in the center
The architecture at aboriginal operated in the Alaeddin Mosque in 1922, again in Yivli Mosque alpha from 1937, and again confused to its present architecture in 1972. It was bankrupt to visitors for a advanced ambit of modifications and restorations in 1982. It was reorganized according to a avant-garde access for a architecture and opened to the accessible in April 1985, afterwards the restorations and affectation arrange fabricated by the General Directorate of Age-old Altar and Museums.
The architecture contains 13 affectation halls, a children’s area and accessible galleries. The altar alone acceptance to the arena are about presented chronologically and according to their subjects
Natural History And Prehistory Hall
In accession to the three affectation windows, in which the fossils of geological periods are presented, the chipped gravel, duke axes, diggers, cartilage accoutrement begin in the Karain Cavern and stratigraphies from pre-Paleolithic aeon to Roman aeon are presented.
Karain is a cavern amid 27 km northwest of Antalya and atthe bottom of Sam Mountain. Besides the charcoal which accept been begin in the 10,5 m blubbery clay fillings dating from the Paleolithic Period, there are aswell the tooth and skeleton charcoal of Neanderthal animal beings that had lived in the Mesolithic Period.
Semayuk Is the alone centermost apery the Early Brownish Age, a lot of of the artefacts were begin in graves, including pots of assorted sizes, seals, besom handles, idols and abnormally ability forthe dead. Absorbing is a grave fabricated of a big ceramics jar. The a lot of absorbing ancillary of this affectionate of burying is the agreement of the body in the ceramics jar in the position of a babyish in the abyss of a mother.
The Anteroom of Baby Works-I
The abstruse developments of bowl art afterwards the apparatus of the ceramics wheel, boutonniere forms, altered adornment styles, are presented dating from 12th B.C. to 3rd B.C. periods.
The two affectation windows In this area areforthe absorbing finds of composition abstracts and accessories.
The Anteroom of Gods
The gods in the salon are the capital God Zeus amidst by Aphrodite, Tykne, Athena, Nemesis, Itygieia, Hermes and Dioskurs and at the adverse ancillary there are Serapis, Isis and his son Harpo, all of Egyptian origin. The statues are the Roman copies, dating 2nd aeon A.D., of their Greek originals and all of them were begin during Perge excavations.
The Anteroom of Baby Artefacts-ll
The called artefacts of altered cultural phases dating
from 4 B.C. to 6 A.D. are presented in the affectation window. The boutonniere presented to the Princess of Egypt, Benerike, the Athena engraved on argent plate, brownish Statues of Apollo and Hercules, the arch of Attis, the marble Brownish of Priapus apery fertility’, the ceramics and marble statues are the hairs exhibits of outstanding value.
In the underwater affectation window, there are altar that were begin in age-old alveolate ships.
The Anteroom of Emperors
The a lot of admirable examples of portraits, apery the capital appearance of Roman sculpture, are presented in this hall. All of the statues were begin in the Perge excavations.
There are abounding statues of 2-3rd centuries, because the a lot of arresting aeon of the region’s actual development was during this time.
There are account statues of the Emperor Trajan and Hadrian, of Septimius Severus, Sabina, Faustina, Julia Domina, Julia Soemias, Plankia Magna and there are aswell statues of Three Beauties and a abdomen ballerina brownish fabricated of atramentous and white marble.
The Anteroom of Burying Curture
The two belted tombs in the anteroom accord to Domitias Filickas and his family. On the cover, the wife and bedmate are apparent in a lying position. The Erases on the corners betoken the beatitude of a family. The added Important belted tomb, dates from 2A.D., Its accountable is Hercules. One of the belted tombs is the a lot of arresting archetype of actionable trafficking of aged objects. A area ofthe belted tombs, which was torn off and banned out, was brought from the USA and army in its abode in 1983.
Appropriate to the aboriginal positions, grave steles brindled on the clay arena and ash pots are presented in the hall.
The Halls of Mosaics And Icons The a lot of important of the mosaics in the architecture is the Circuitous of Philosophers, which was begin in the Seleukeia blasting and on the bound of which the names of acclaimed thinkers of antiquity, such as Solon. Tukyclides, Lykurgos, Heredot, Demosthenes, Itesiodos and the names of orators, historians and mathematicians are inscribed. On addition circuitous advancing from Seleukia, Orpheus absorbing the agrarian animals with his canal is depicted.
There are aswell corners aloof for examples of bounded sculpture, chipping accessories and brownish carve techniques in this section.
The icons presented in this anteroom are calm from the arena of Antalya, dating about from 18th and 19th centuries.
The Anteroom of Coins
The 2500 year continued attitude of minting coins, dating
from 6th aeon B.C., its address and abridgement are
presented in an educational adjustment in the hall. In the
presentation, accompaniment bill of the Pamphilia, Pisidio, Likia
regions, and about bounded bill of the
chronological adjustment of Classic, Hellenistic, Roman,
Byzantine. Seljuk ages and the Ottoman aeon are the
main focus.
There are aswell gold and argent hoards in this section.
Etnography Halls
The ethnography area of our architecture comprises of two big halls and a access accumulation these halls.
In the aboriginal hall, chinaware, porcelains, religious artefacts, insignia, seals, charms, watches, accessory objects, locks, keys and clothes are presented.
The chinaware is from Seljuk and Ottoman periods. The Seljuk chinaware was brought from Aspendos and there is aswell the Kubadabat appearance with altar crafted in the ‘Siralti’ address in the average of 13th century.
The Ottoman chinaware in aboveboard console forms presents examples of lznik achievement from 15-16-17 and 18th centuries.
Five ceramics plates were produced at the Yildiz Factory, which operated for a abbreviate time till the end of 1920.
Religious artefacts are altar that can consistently be apparent in all of the regions of Anatolia. But the Seljuk Qur’an, which we may affirmation to be a bounded plan of art has a appropriate importance.
Signs, seals, charms and watches are presented in one of the affectation windows. The charms are spell bounden prayers and these charms are acclimated for altered purposes.
The accessory altar are the best examples of accessories still acclimated in Antalya.
There are aswell keys and locks presented as superior artisanship.
Clothes, amethyst velvets abstract with argent footstep and Yoruk (nomad) abstracts can be advised in two sections. Yoruk clothes, socks, billowing trousers, continued apparel beat over billowing trousers, undershirts, purses, girdles and caps can all be examined.
In the area ensuring the access to the 2nd anteroom there are inscription plates, such as hilyes, naats, icazets and katigs of our calligraphers.
The additional anteroom is formed of four sections of carpets, Yoruk materials, interiors and guns.
Besides the bounded artefacts and abstracts in this hall, the carpets of Usak, Gordes, Ladik, Mucur, Bergama,Kula and Avonos are presented. The oldest carpeting In our carpeting accumulating is an Usak carpeting of the 16th century.
The Dosemealti carpeting has an important abode in the ethnographical altar of the region. Dosemealti is the name of a abode in the northeastern allotment of Antalya District The ‘Halelli’ carpets are the oldest and acceptable examples of the carpets a allotment of Dosemealti carpets. These works are of itinerant appearance and baby in size. The sacks, saddle boas, igliks, adoration rugs, sills, cicims, sumaks which appearance the rug techniques of Antalya arena are presented with atramentous tents as Yoruk artisanship.
A allotment of the anteroom is aloof for a living, sleeping and ablution apartment of a bashful Antalya home
In a allotment of the affectation windows, arrows, bows, knives, accoutrements and rifles with flint stones and swords, accessories of dervish lodges, crumb flasks, crumb scales, and oil cans and aswell accoutrements and acknowledging abstracts are presented.
Besides this, the scales, dupe hair spindles and counters such as Culfalik, agreeable instruments and spoons can be emphasized as bounded accoutrement and artefacts.
The aqueduct with cover, Yoruk and zerk kemence (a string-bow instrument) and the canal fabricated from an eagle’s addition cartilage are absorbing artefacts. Spoons from Bademli apple of Cevlzll of Akseki are presented from their architecture appearance to their completed and organized forms.
Children’s Section
A anteroom in the access of our architecture was organized as
a Children’s Museum, which is the aboriginal of its affectionate in our
country.
In the affectation windows of this section, there are various
children’s toys and aged moneyboxes.
Simple restorations, and educational action oportunities for bowl carve and cartoon are provided and their works are presented in the flat section, in orderto accomplish the accouchement adore museums, aged altar and to activate their insterest.