Museum offers tour of Anatolian chronology

The Gaziantep Archaeology Museum, where the Roman-era clay seal impressions, which is the world's largest collection of clay seal impressions from the ancient city of Zeugma, and the skeletal remains of the extinct Maraş Elephant, are on display, offers the opportunity to examine the history of Anatolia in chronological order.

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Located in the southeastern province of Gaziantep, the museum sheds light on the history of Anatolia, which has hosted many civilizations throughout its history. The museum, which was redesigned by the Culture and Tourism Ministry in 2017 as a contemporary museum, displays historical artifacts unearthed during excavations in Gaziantep and the region.

Artifacts from the Bronze Ages, Hittite, Hurrian, Persian, Greek, Roman, Eastern Roman, Islamic and Ottoman periods are shown in separate sections in the museum.

In the section where various steles, especially the "Tesup God of the Storm" belonging to the Late Hittite period, are exhibited, the characteristic palace structure of the period has been revived.

From the Chalcolithic period, when the sense of ownership emerged, to the Roman period, cylinder seals and stamp seals are exhibited in the museum, along with the clay seal impressions from the Roman period, which were unearthed from the ancient city of Zeugma and is the world's largest collection of clay seal impressions.

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The skeletal remains of the extinct Maraş Elephant and the 3,700-year-old water bottle with the expression "smile" on it, which was unearthed about four years ago in the excavation site in the ancient city of Karkamış, are among the remarkable artifacts in the museum.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Gaziantep Archaeology Museum Director Özgür Çomak...