History Revisited

To me, another great historical marker that I visited with the class was the Anatolian Civilizations Museum in Ankara. It is the history professor Bryan's new favorite museum he has ever visited, if that tells you anything. The museum was incorporated into an ancient bazaar that dates back to the 1400s originally. It won the European Museum of the Year Award in 1997. Inside were interactive exhibits as well as tons of actual artifacts dating back to the Hittites and Phrygians of 4000 year ago. These life-size stone reliefs were part of the city walls at one point, and there was an entire room of them; it was very impressive! In my opinion, many Westerners (including myself) know the history of 'our' making. But this museum showed how much of civilization really took hold here in Turkey.

Alan