March 27: Istanbul to Antalya
Antalya Archeological Museum

After landing in Antalya we went to this museum of the outskirts of Antalya. The Archeological section offers an excellent survey of the great periods in Pamphylia's history, from the neolithic on through the Bronze Age (urn burials) to Hellenistic and Roman times. Particularly notable are the gallery containing statues of divinities (mostly from Perge), the collection of items recovered by underwater archaeology, the Gallery of Roman Emperors, the magnificent series of sarcophagi, the mosaics from Seleukeia, and the fine coin collection with the Hoard of Probus, the Aspendos Hoard (silver), a Byzantine gold hoard found at Finike in 1959, and the Side Hoard (silver). There are also a number of icons.

The ethnographic section of the museum displays a great variety of material of the Turkish period - weapons, clothing, stockings, jewelry, domestic equipment, books, tiles, glass, porcelain, locks, musical instruments and carpets, together with a loom.