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Museums Attractions In Malatya

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Malatya is a large city in the Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey and the capital of Malatya Province. The city has been a human settlement for thousands of years. The Assyrians called the city Meliddu. Strabo says that the city was known to the ancients as Melitene , a name adopted by the Romans following Roman expansion into the east. According to Strabo, the inhabitants of Melitene shared with the nearby Cappadocians and Cataonians the same language and culture. The site of ancient Melitene lies a few kilometres from the modern city in what is now the village of Arslantepe and near the dependant district center of Battalgazi . Present-day Battalgazi ...
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Museums Attractions In Malatya

  • 1. Malatya Museum Malatya
    Malatya Museum is a museum in Malatya, Turkey The museum faces Kernek square in Malatya at 38°20′36″N 38°19′26″E Although a smaller museum was established in 1971, the present museum building was opened in 1979. Majority of the items in the museum are from various excavations like Arslantepe , Pirot, Caferhöyük, Köşkerbaba, İmamoğlu and Değirmentepe. There are also some items which are found during the construction of Karakaya Dam. These are from neolithic, chalcolithic, bronze Age, Hittites, Urartu, Roman Empire, Byzantine Empire, Anatolian Seljuks, Anatolian Beyliks and the Ottoman Empire eras. Some of the more important items in the museum are the following: Neolithic sculptures from Caferhöyük excavations Early Bronze Age swords from Arslantepe excavations Human tomb...
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