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The museum contains a collection of items excavated from the sites of
ancient Harran and Lidar, especially jewellery and pottery from the
funerary tumuli on plains of the Euphrates. The gardens contain
sculptures, and there are several mosaics depicting images of wild
animals. There are artefacts from the Assyrian, Hittite and Babylonian
periods, and remains from Kurban Hoyuk, an ancient settlement now
submerged under the lake of Ataturk Dam. The ethnography section has
intricate wooden doors from traditional Urfa houses, reliefs with
Hittite inscriptions and statues from Christian churches.
Museum Tel: (0414) 313 15 88
Opening hours: 08.30 – 12.00 & 13.30 – 17.30, closed Mondays.
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