28 Apr 2016

Bonus Post | Antalya Archaeology Museum

Some of the treasures of Lycia from excavations in Perge, Xanthos, Letoon etc. are held in Antalya's Museum of Archaeology, while many more are held in other museums around the world after being looted or unofficially excavated in the years before the Turkish state cared about such things. Some have been returned from museums in the US and Germany but many more remain overseas.

Map of the ancient Lycian empire

Most of the exhibits at the museum from Lycian/Byzantine/Roman eras are statues and tombs.

Statue outside museum
Statue of woman, Letoon
Emperor Lucius Verus (161-169), Perge
Emperor Hadrian (117-138), Perge
Emperor Trajan (98-117), Perge
Emperor Septimius Severus (193-211), Perge
Aphrodite, Perge
Artemis, Perge


Athena, Perge
Hermes, Perge


Zeus, Perge
Apollo, Perge


Hecate
A Heracles Sarcophagus, Perge


Sarcophagus of Domitias Julianus & Domita Philiska, Perge
Lycian dedicatory steeles, Kaş, Elmaci & Kumluca
A Dionysus Sarcophagus, Perge
'Weary' Heracles - top half returned to Turkey by
Boston Museum of Fine Arts in 2011 
Objects from Patara excavation
Objects from Xanthos excavation
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