Gaziantep Museum, Gaziantep Province, Turkiye

5kozin58 5:00 PM Jan 14, 2012

The "Gypsy Girl" mosaic fragment
Ancient mosaics can be found all over the Mediterranean. The mosaics in this museum are best preserved in the world. Have you seen the "Gypsy Girl" mosaic uncovered in Zeugma in 1999? The haunting look of the Gypsy Girl mosaic resembles the famous Afghan Girl of Steve McCurry-one of the most memorable images in National Geographic's history. They are from rescue excavations conducted by Gaziantep Museum and a number of international teams in an effort of emergency archaeology-a race against time in the last two decades. The site is in the area of the Birecik dam. Zeugma ("Bridgetown") was the name of twin cities Apameia and Seleucia 50 km from Gaziantep on the Euphrates River. It was an important strategic place from the Hellenistic and Roman period which included one of the few bridges over the Euphrates. This short documentary film “Zeugma, A Roman Town in Anatolia” takes you to the history of Zeugma: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8323657299167199011#

5kar-travel-01 5:00 PM Nov 8, 2017

Gaziantep Archeology Museum - no mosaics here
Reviewers are really getting mixed up and confusing this museum with other museums. Zeugma is the amazing museum with all the mosaics. This wonderful museum is the Gaziantep Archaeological Museum and has a 20 tl entrance fee. It is located on Kamil Ocak Caddessi. It is filled with ancient artefacts. Pre bronze age, the Hittite civilisation, Roman civilisation and quite a few civilisations I'd never heard of! Gaziantep certainly has a fascinating history- with so many different cultures that have lived here. The museum has everything from coins, jewellery, pottery, weapons, statues etc. to a full size replication of a Hittite house. Everything is well signed in English - there is on street parking outside. Everything is very well displayed. Make sure you do not miss this museum when in Gaziantep or anywhere close by.