Anatolian Civilizations Museum, Ankara, Turkey

View of the museum from a restaurant. I love the architecture of the building.

I miss Turkey, I miss the vacation I had. I was looking through the hundreds of pics I took of Turkey last summer and man, I wished I had the time and most importantly, the money to go there again. But back to the topic...



The Anatolian Civilizations Museum is located in the area of Ankara Castle and is housed in two Ottoman buildings. As you can see in the first picture, there are ten domes that formed the rooftop. Made for a nice picture. The museum was established in 1921 and expanded to its present structure by 1968 in order to house all the Anatolian archaeological artefacts, from the Palaeotithic age to the present.



One of my favourite section of the museum has to be the ancient jewellery section. Anyone who knows me knows of my obsession with jewellery.



After visiting the museum, we went to have dinner at one of the restaurants situated nearby. You can see Basak, Oyabu-san and Shiori-san at the table next to the family. This restaurant was in a restored traditional Turkish house. Many of the old houses here had reinvented themselves as restaurants or trendy cafes. This restaurant has a nice view of the city and the sun was setting. Plus, it also still maintained some of the rooms with furnishings, to let us have a peek into the past.



Oh, this was yummy. Does it not look yummy?And I have no idea what it is called. I really should write all these things down.



Comes with the rice. It was a meal for two person. I am getting hungry again.



And the view of the setting sun.....



Okay, you can see the sun in this picture and Oyabu-san's profile illuminated by the evening glow.