Archaeological site of Gobekli Stonehenge
With a history of 12,000 years, Gbeklitepe is located in urfa province in southeastern Turkey and was designated a Unesco World Heritage Site in 2018 with its stunning monumental architecture. Gobekli Stonehenge changed much of our understanding of the Neolithic age, providing a wealth of information documenting the lives of hunter-gatherers, the transition to agriculture and animal husbandry, the birth of temple architecture and art. The most interesting discoveries also include T-shaped sacrificial stone pillars, which are 6 meters high and weigh up to 40 tons. Many of the pillars have human, animal, or abstract symbols on them, while some have carved animal figures on them. As the oldest temple ever discovered in human history, the Gobekli Virtual Museum Tour provides an unparalleled window into those who have never been to Gobekli Stonehenge, while also offering an up-close look at the T-shaped columns. In the section called The Temple, you can visit the temple on the platform and explore the area effortlessly.
Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
Located in Ankara, the capital of Turkey, the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations consists of two historic buildings and is home to unique Anatolian works since the Paleolithic Period. Renovated in 2014, the museum offers a journey through time without compromise through its virtual tours, animations and replicas of the T-shaped pillars of Gobekli Stonehenge, as well as other artifacts. It was selected as the "Museum of the Year" in 1997 and is among the most important museums in the world with its unique collection. The upper hall exhibits paleolithic, stone bronze combined era, early Bronze Age, Assyrian trading colonies, early Hittite and Hittite empires, Phrygia kingdom, late Hittite kingdom, Uraltu kingdom exhibits, while the lower hall has exhibits from Anatolian dynasties and classical eras.
Samsungazi Museum
Ephesus Museum
The Ephesus Museum is one of the most important museums in Turkey, organizing countless cultural events and visiting a large number of visitors, the most conspicuous artifacts include the statue of Artemis of Ephesus, Eros riding a dolphin, Eros holding a hare, the head of Eros, the Priaps figurine, the marble statue of Artemis, the statue of Egyptian priest, the statue of Isis, the sculpture of the god of various myths and the head of Socrates. In the bazaar section of the museum's courtyard, the commercial life of the anatolian old town and various handicrafts are on display, which have now been gradually forgotten. In another section of the museum, gold, silver, copper coins and jewelry from antiquity to the Ottoman period are exhibited over a wide period of time.
Troy Museum
The Troy Museum covers an area of 90,000 square meters and is spread over three floors, recreating a story divided into seven parts. Troy, which left its mark on the Alexandria Trust, went down in history with Homer's Iliad, whose cultural life and archaeological history are explained through excavated artifacts. Archaeology of the Trust, the Bronze Age of Troy, the Iliad and the Trojan Wars, the ancient Trasts and Ilyon, the Eastern Roman and Ottoman periods, the history of archaeology, traces of Troy, thanks to virtual tours, offer a mysterious journey between treasures, sculptures and sarcophagi of various periods where you will witness history.
Ankara Ethnographic Museum
The Ankara Museum of Ethnography is another museum that will catch the attention of history buffs. The museum has outstanding works of Turkish art from the Seljuk era to the present day, offering samples of ethnic costumes, ornaments, footwear, towels, bags, and carpets and tapestries from different regions. The museum has a large collection of bows, arrows, flintlock guns, muskets, swords, yataghan, Turkish tiles and Kutaya tiles from the Ottoman period, as well as objects related to Sufism, which can be visited through a virtual tour offered by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.