Английская Википедия:Aksaray Museum
Aksaray Museum is a museum in Aksaray, Turkey.
The museum is on the state highway Шаблон:Jct connecting Aksaray to South Turkey at Шаблон:Coord. The first museum collection was established in Zinciriye Medrese in 1969. In 2014 the new museum was opened in its new building. The museum has Шаблон:Convert open and Шаблон:Convert closed area. The general appearance of the 3 storey building resembles that of Seljukid cupolas in the city and the fairy chimneys lying to the east of Aksaray. [1]
There are 15639 items in the museum.[1]
One of the most important items exhibited in the open area of the museum is the Aksaray stele. It is the lower half of an inscription with a relief of Hittite Storm God. Its dimensions are 88x99x39 cm3. The inscription is in Luwian language.[2] Another group of interesting items is the group of 12 mummies from the Byzantine era. Two of these mummies are cat mummies.[3]
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