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Osman Hamdi Bey (1842 – 24 February 1910) , the founder of Istanbul Archaeology Museums and of İstanbul Academy of Fine Arts. He was an itellectual as well as a statesman of his time, also known as an art expert.
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Recreation of original colouring of Alexander's sarcophagus
Treaty of Kadesh, the first international peace treaty signed between Egyptian's Ramses II and Muwatalli of the Hittites, 13th century B.C. inscribed in Akkadian, the international language of the time. Two copies in Istanbul archeological museum, the third is in the Staatliche Museum in Berlin.
... the Sun, the Great King of Hatti, son of Mursili, and all the House of Suppiluliuma, will be allies of the king of Aleppo. The gods of Hatti and the gods of Aleppo will be witnesses and guarantors of this treaty.
Alexander's sarcophagus (so-called) in the museum.
Sappho of Lesbos
Woman Poet of Ancient Greece, lived in Mytilene on the island of Lesbos.
Ephebe, young athlete, Tralles, 1.C A D
Aphrodite, Miletus, 2.C. A D.
Nymphe, Tralles, 1.C. A D.
There are thousands of art objects, not less than a milliom, from all periods of world history. There are thousands of art objects, not less than a million housed from all periods of world history. Some of these are invaluable master pieces; Alexander's sarcophagus and Sarcophagus of the Mourning Women, both found in the necropolis of Sidon in Lebonan. River God Oceanus
~ Archaeological Museum (main building),
~ Museum of the Ancient Orient and the
~ Museum of Islamic Art
Statue of Alexander the Great
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