Ankara, the capital of Türkiye, is home to a very important museum: The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, housed in two Ottoman buildings near the Ankara Castle. The museum complex, named “Museum of the Year in Europe” in 1997, chronologically exhibits the artifacts of the civilizations in Anatolia from the past to the present. The museum’s collection spans a number of periods, from the Hittites to the Phrygians, one of the greatest civilizations of Anatolia, and includes artifacts from the Palaeolithic, Chalcolithic and Ancient Bronze ages, and the Assyrian Trade Colonies, Old Hittite and Hittite Imperial ages, as well as from the Phrygian Kingdom, Late Hittite Kingdom and Urartian Kingdom. The Ankara Through the Ages and Classical Periods sections also feature artifacts excavated from the ancient city of Gordion, which was registered as Türkiye’s 21st heritage site on the UNESCO World Heritage List last month.
Journey into Anatolian History: Museum of Anatolian Civilizations
