It was a kind of gift for my birthday. I could leave my wife and a little daughter for the whole day and indulge myself. I chose a trip to Ankara. I did a tour in the museum, and later met Prof. Ilknur Taş to chat about the Hittites and academic life. It was a great day!
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| Just before opening * |
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Sun disk, symbol of Anatolia,
2500 BC * |
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| Smelting process * |
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Another sun disk, present
in streets of Ankara
in much bigger size * |
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| Hmm, sun disks? * |
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| Artefacts more than 4000 y.o. * |
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| Fine craft * |
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| It's all about women * |
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| Animal figurines * |
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| Gold shines * |
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| Stone moulds * |
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| Hittite warrior * |
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| Vessels * |
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| Pair of ritual terracotta bulls * |
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Tudhaliya (IV) and Kurunta treaty
on bronze tablet, 13th cent. BC * |
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| Land is mine! Here is proof * |
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| Information on Hittite tablets * |
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| Flasks * |
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Inandik vase, c. 1650 BC,
made when Hittite kingdom
was forming itself * |
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| Neo-Hittite orthostat chamber * |
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| Naked goddess * |
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Silver bowl with cuneiform
inscription * |
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| Close-up * |
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No. 3, god Bes, present also
on orthostat at Karatepe * |
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| Square in Ankara, close to Embassy of Poland * |
