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Archaeological Museum

Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu, Sultanahmet
Istanbul
90-212/520-7740

The world-class museum's garden alone begs a look. Inside, there are outstanding ancient sarcophagi, Byzantine sculpture, and Roman busts.


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From Travel + Leisure, Oct 2005

“The things I chose to see were far from unorthodox: the subterranean Basilica Cistern, with its mossy vaults and thicket of ancient columns; the exquisite Chinese porcelains displayed like so much dishware in the former kitchens of the Topkapi Palace; the contents of Hadrian's villa at the Archaeological Museum (two, or even three, visits are barely enough); the peerless carpets hung in a museum made from the mansion of a fabulously rich adviser to the Ottoman court....” MORE>>

–Guy Trebay, “At the Crossroads”

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