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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the mosaics at the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

Museum Director Ayşe Ersoy poses in fornt of a mosaic, in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. Hatay Archeology Museum Director Ayşe Ersoy said, 'Thirty artifacts too big to carry were put under cages. All of our mosaics were taken under protection on site', reinforcement works are now being carried out in the building. Teams continue to work in line with the report given by the scientific teams. After three years, our museum will be reopened to visitors with a completely different concept'. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Vi

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the mosaics at the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the mosaics at the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

Containers outside the Hatay Archaeology Museum, with the artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An inside view of the Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Quake-hit Hatay Archaeology Museum Gets Reinforced - Turkey

An view of the Antakya Sarcophagus from the 3rd century BC, under protection in Hatay Archaeology Museum, during the reinforcement work in Hatay, Turkey, on January 23, 2024, on year after deadly quake. The museum has a total exhibition area of 10,000 square meters, including 3,500 square meters of mosaics, and is known for its extensive collection of archaeological artifacts. Hatay Archeology Museum, one of the museums where the world's largest mosaic collection of the Roman and Byzantine Era. There are also many artifacts from the Paleolithic, Neolithic, Chalcolithic, Bronze Age, Hittite, Hellenistic, Eastern Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman periods in the museum. Photo by Ugur Yildirim/Demiroren Visual Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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10,500 artifacts unearthed in Türkiye in 2022

STORY: 10,500 artifacts unearthed in Türkiye in 2022 DATELINE: Jan. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:24 LOCATION: ISTANBUL, Türkiye CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the archaeological excavation site at Haydarpasa Train Station 2. various of the archaeological excavation site at Zerzevan Castle 3. various of Corum Museum, Türkiye 4. various of the Hittite cuneiform tablets in Corum Museum 5. various of historical artifacts in Corum Museum STORYLINE: A total of 10,500 artifacts for museum collections were unearthed in 249 archaeological digs in Türkiye in 2022, according to data from the Turkish General Directorate of Museums and Cultural Heritage. The vast majority of these digs were conducted by Turkish teams, while foreign teams ran 32 excavations. Most digs were on land, while seven were conducted underwater to uncover sunken treasures. Once home to countless ancient civilizations, from the Hittites to the Hellenistic States and the Roman Empire, modern Türkiye is rich in archaeological treasures. Yah

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DAVID AND BATHSHEBA

DAVID AND BATHSHEBA KIERON MOORE as Uriah the Hittite, GREGORY PECK as David Date: 1951