Ankara, Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

 

     
 

 

Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi  
   

The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara (Turkish: Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi), also known as the Hittite Museum, is the most important archaeological museum in Turkey after the Arkeoloji Müzesi in Istanbul. It is located in the old town of Ankara below the citadel.

  
   

 
   

Although originally planned as a central collection site for Hittite testimonies, the museum now displays exhibits from all periods from the Stone Age to the Modern Era. The focus, however, is on the epochs up to the beginning of the first century B.C., with a particular emphasis on the Hittite legacy.
The first archaeological museum in Ankara had existed since 1921 in a fortified tower of the Akkale fortress.
Also in the temple of Augustus, the find site of the Monumentum Ancyranum next to the Hacıbayram mosque, and in the Roman bath, finds were exhibited.

  
   

 
   

In the 1930s, Turkey came up with the Turkish historical thesis that Asia Minor had been continuously inhabited by immigrants of Turkish origin since prehistoric times. After Hugo Winckler had identified Boğazköy as Hattuša, the capital of the Hittite Empire, Mustafa Kemal suggested the establishment of a Hittite museum that would prove that these too were of Turkish descent. After Hittite was classified as an Indo-European language, the thesis was later abandoned and, at the time of its completion, the museum was dedicated to all Anatolian civilizations, with the emphasis remaining on Hittite.

  
   

 

to the exhibits

    
     
     
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Source: Wikipedia and others    
 

 
 

Statue of the Mother goddess, front view, Çatalhöyük, 5750 B.C. Statue of the Mother Goddess, rear view, Çatalhöyük, 5750 B.C. Statue of the Gods, Hacılar, middle of the 6th millennium B.C. Vessel in the shape of a pig, Hacılar, In the middle of the 6th millennium BC. Ceremonial symbol, Alacahöyük, Second half of the 3rd millennium B.C. Ceremonial symbol, Alacahöyük, Second half of the 3rd millennium B.C. Stierstatue, Alacahöyük, Zweite Hälfte des 3. Jahrtausend v. Chr. Statue of a woman, Hasanoğlan, End of the 3rd millennium B.C. Statue of a woman breastfeeding her child, Horoztepe, End of the 3rd millennium B.C. Ceremonial vessel in the shape of a boat, Kültepe, 19th century B.C. Ceremonial vessel in the shape of a boat, Kültepe, 19th century B.C. Blackboard, Kültepe, 19th century B.C. Relief vase, Cooling tpee, 19th - 17th century B.C. Bath tub, Kültepe, 18th century B.C. Vase, 82 cm high, İnandık, Mid 17th century BC. Broncetable, 35 cm high, Boğazköy, 13th century B.C. Bull-shaped vessels, 90 cm high, Boğazköy, 16th century B.C. Lion-shaped ceremonial drinking vessel, Boğazköy, 14th century B.C Table, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Table, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Head of Kybele, Salmanköy, 6th century B.C. Work table, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Work table, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Bench, Gordion, P Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Vessels with long spout, Gordion, W Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Situla with ram head, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Situla with lion head, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Kettle with siren handles, Gordion, Big Tumulus, Late 8th century B.C. Altar, stone block, Adilcevaz, Kef Castle, 7th century B.C. Statue of Cybele, Boğazköy 6th century BC Statue of King Tarhunza, 318 cm high, Malatya, Eighth century B.C. King and queen pray before an altar, Alacahöyük, 14th century B.C. Three priests in long coats, Alacahöyük, 14th century B.C. Lion throne, Alacahöyük, 14th century B.C. Acrobats, Alacahöyük, 14th century B.C. Women, Karkamış, 9th century BC Children of King Araras, Karkamış, 2nd half 8th century B.C. Spinx with a lion and a human head, Karkamış, Nineteenth century B.C. Gate lion, 124 cm high, Malatya-Aslantepe, 10th - 9th century B.C. Copy of the Hittite monument of Fasillar, from the 13th century B.C. Hethite monument in Fasillar, from the 13th century B.C.