Turkey is more than just «All-inclusive», a whole day by a pool and excursions. Turkey, particularly Ankara, is a real treasure of historical attractions as the great Ottoman Empire was on its territory.

Ankara is a modern Turkish city, but among the modern shopping malls, skyscrapers, office centers and restaurants you can find many attractions and get acquainted with authentic Turkey. It is better to start your trip with the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations.

Be sure that at the end of your trip you will be fascinated by the number and the age of the exhibits of the museum. Your legs will be tired after kilometers of distances passed in the museum halls. You will also have lots and lots of photos. The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations is the most important museum in Turkey. It is the heart of the country. Even though the museum was founded just a hundred years ago, most of the artifacts are much older. The majority of the exhibits are devoted to the ancient Hittites. That collection has 7500 years old items. There you will find exhibits from the Assyrian civilization, the Phrygians, the civilizations of ancient Byzantium and many others.

The slightly cool halls of the museum keep obsidian tools, ancient statuettes of the Kubeleya Mother which are some of the most valuable museum items. Besides, you will have an opportunity to take a look at clay tablets with examples of writing, ancient reliefs and bas-reliefs depicting various gods, jewelry, vessels made of gold, marble, glass and bronze. The museum collection is so huge, that another small museum is needed just for representing the information about all of its exhibits.

By the way, do you like to write letters? Maybe you prefer to read someone else’s? The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations offers an opportunity to read the personal and business correspondence of two rulers of the past. Nobody knows whether the Egyptian Queen Nefertari and the Hittite Queen Pudu-Kheba discussed their husbands and beauty treatment, but they did discuss the ever first peace treaty.

After visiting this museum you will fall in love with Turkey even more, especially with its non-tourist part.