Aksaray Museum
Aksaray Müzesi | |
Established | 2014 |
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Coordinates | 38°21′40″N 33°59′37″E / 38.36111°N 33.99361°E |
Type | Archaeology |
Owner | Ministry of Culture |
Aksaray Museum is a museum in Aksaray, Turkey.
The museum is on the state highway
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]