Aphrodisias Museum
Aphrodisias Museum building | |
| Location | Turkey |
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| Coordinates | 37°42′34″N 28°43′38″E / 37.7094°N 28.7272°E |
Location of Aphrodisias Museum | |
Aphrodisias Museum is an archaeological museum located within the archaeological site of Aphrodisias in Geyre, Karacasu,[1] which exhibits works crafted from white and blue-gray marble in the Ancient period in Hellenistic-Roman cities from the 1st century BCE to the 5th century CE, such as reliefs of Nero, Agrippina the Younger, Claudio, Augustus or Tiberius from the Sebasteion.[2][3]
It also includes sculptures which depicts tragic scenes from Trojan War such as Achilles and Pentasilla, satyr statues carrying Dionysus, and reliefs from the monumental tomb of Zolios.[4] It covers prehistoric artifacts from the Chalcolithic and Bronze Age excavated at the Acropolis Hill and Pekmez Hill mounds, Lydian ceramics, Archaic, Classical, and Hellenistic period artifacts, and Roman, Byzantine, and Early Islamic artifacts.[5]
References
- ^ "Türkiye's UNESCO Sites: Afrodisias, A City Dedicated to Love and Art". Turkish Museums. 17 August 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Iza (14 November 2023). "Aphrodisias Museum". Turkish Archaeological News. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Lendering, Jona. "Aphrodisias, Museum". Livius.org. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
- ^ "The City Where Beauty Became Immortal in Marble: Aphrodisias". Turkish Museums. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2025.
- ^ Gürcün, Dilek (2011). "Aydın ili turizm potansiyelinin analizi" (PDF). Adnan Mederes University Institutional Repository (in Turkish). Adnan Mederes University: 70-71.