Favourite exhibits - Istanbul Archaeological Museums

This museum is one of the top ten in the world . There are 3 museums altogether within the same compound and here are some of the amazing exhibits found here

1. The Ishtar Gate featuring dragons, aurochs and lions. Dedicated to Ishtar the Babylonian goddess of love and fertility. Only 3 museums in the world have the sirrush dragon, holy animal of Babylonian chief god Marduk (It's the topmost animal that looks like a stick) and the Istanbul Archaeological Museums is one of them. 

Auroch.

Holy animal of the god Adad

Lion, holy animal of Ishtar.

2. Sarcophagus of Phoenician King Tabnit found in Sidon,Lebanon. Complete with skeletal mummy on display. At the foot, is a sort of curse that he not be disturbed nor taken out of the tomb.

Well, I got rather spooked over here and I really, really think that they should put him back in and leave him to rest.

3. Ravenna Mosaics

4. Silahtaraga.
Battle of the Gods and Giants

5. Greecian statues, Gods and Goddesses

Poseidon

Oceanus, God of Rivers

Kuoros

6. Super cute Hittite Portal Lions.
This one's called Kapi Aslani.

7. Super creepy Hittite mini sphinxes.
Double sphinx.

Single

8. Temple and church columns

9. Assyrian relics ( correct me if I'm wrong )

10. Basalt statue of Assyrian King Shalmaneser II

11. Yenikapi Byzantine harbour shipwrecks. This is very new, only discovered lately.

 with a mini Noah's Ark like cache of animal remains

12. Fountain of Life over at the Tiled Museum

Not to be confused with the Fountain of Youth, this one's for baptism purposes

13. Egyptian Mummy process 

14. Stele with Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphic adorning the wooden flooring in the Orient Museum

15. Aramean Sunak Altars

Location : Istanbul Archaeological Museums