Gaziantep Arheological Museum

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Gaziantep Arheological Museum

The Gaziantep Archaeological Museum, established in 1944 and relocated multiple times, now resides in a 3500 m² exhibition space, housing 1752 artifacts from Gaziantep and its surrounding areas. Highlights include the Katumuwa Stele, featuring an engraving of an administrator seated on a throne with Sam'al inscriptions, and the Teshub Ortostat, which depicts the God of Hurricane holding lightning and an axe. The museum also showcases the Head of Antiochus I, founder of the Commagene Kingdom, wearing a tiara with plant engravings and a sun motif, and a Neolithic Age Statue with a square body and two crossed arms, each side displaying different tool work.

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