A journey to civilizations at Alanya Museum

The Alanya Museum, where cultural assets belonging to the Neolithic and Hellenistic periods as well as artifacts from the Roman, Byzantine, Seljuks and Ottoman civilizations are on display, provides information about the ancient Anatolian civilizations.

Located in the Alanya district of the southern province of Antalya and hosts various civilizations, the museum was opened in 1967 with artifacts from the Bronze Age, Urartu, Phrygian and Lydian periods that were transferred from the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.

Many new sections, inspired by the urban identity of Alanya, were created in the museum in 2013, with chronological and thematic exhibitions. The bronze statue of Heracles, the symbol of power, is exhibited in a separate hall.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Alanya Museum Director Seher Türkmen said that they have been carrying out works for the preservation and exhibition of the artifacts and to transfer them to future generations.

Stating that Gazipaşa, Gündoğmuş and Alanya districts, where there are many cultural assets, are under the responsibility of the Alanya Museum Directorate, Türkmen said that the registration studies of these assets were carried out by the Conservation Board.

Stating that archeological excavations were carried out in Alanya Castle and the ancient city of Syedra last year with the permission of the Culture and Tourism Ministry, Türkmen said that they were able to carry out only a short-term restoration and warehouse work in the ancient city of Antiocheia Ad Cragum in Gazipaşa due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

She said that every data and artifacts unearthed during archaeological excavations undergo a detailed scientific process and that they were delivered to the...