The beautiful sarcophagus.
After lunch at the Sefa Restaurant, Jill and I headed over to the Istanbul Archaeology Museum.
Jill had told me that this is one of her favorite locations to visit because the buildings are gorgeous and the displays are amazing.
We were quite excited as we climbed up the hill and entered through the gates.
Sadly, however, it is mostly under renovation and so the buildings were mostly covered in scaffoldings and tarps.
We pressed on and went inside and checked out the displays.
Again, they were under renovation, and some seemed jammed into places where they wouldn’t ordinarily be, it was still very powerful and moving.
My personal favorite was the massive onyx sarcophagus right after we entered the museum.
It was at least 4 feet tall, 7 or 8 feel long, and it was as impressive as anything I had seen up to this time.
I stood there and just was amazed at the power and strength of it.
Sadly, I didn’t seem to take pictures of the cards next to any of the art pieces and so I don’t have many answers as to who they were made for, why they were made, or when they were made.
Hopefully, next time we go, we will be able to have more time to see each art piece and note where they came from and why they were made.
Our time in the museum was cut short and I will explain this in the next blog post.
Until then, enjoy the amazing pictures.