Zeugma Mosaic Museum

The "Gypsy Girl" is in Zeugma Mosaic Museum.

Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the town of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700m² of mosaics. It opened to the public on 9 September 2011.

The museum's mosaics are focused on Zeugma, thought to have been founded by a general in Alexander the Great’s army. The treasures, including the mosaics, remained relatively unknown until 2000 when artifacts appeared in museums and when plans for new dams on the Euphrates meant that much of Zeugma would be forever flooded.^[1] A large number of the mosaics still remain uncovered^[2] and teams of researchers continue to work on the project.^[3]

The 90,000-square-foot museum features a 7,500-square-foot exhibition hall and replaces the Bardo National Museum in Tunis as the world’s largest mosaic museum.^[1]

References

1 2 "Museum of Roman Mosaics to Open in Turkey". Luxury Travel Magazine.
↑ "Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaics Museum". Go Turkey. Turkey's Official Tourism Portal. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
↑ "Secret Turk heroes of Zeugma Mosaic Museum". Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

Coordinates: 37°04′32″N 37°23′08″E / 37.07556°N 37.38556°E / 37.07556; 37.38556

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Over 500 pictures of the mosaics in organized galleries

Archaeological museums in Turkey

Aegean Region	Afyonkarahisar Archaeological Museum Aydın Archaeological Museum Bodrum Castle Bolvadin Museum Bostanlı Open-air Archaeological Museum Ephesus Archaeological Museum Hierapolis Izmir Archeology Museum Archaeological Museum of Manisa Uşak Museum of Archaeology

Black Sea Region	Bolu Museum Çorum Archaeological Museum Kastamonu Archaeological Museum Konuralp Museum Trabzon Museum Samsun Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography Tokat Museum

Central Anatolia Region	Çatalhöyük Eskişehir Archaeological Museum Konya Archaeological Museum Gordion Museum Museum of Anatolian Civilizations

Eastern Anatolia Region	Kars Museum

Marmara Region	Bursa Archaeological Museum Great Palace Mosaic Museum Istanbul Archaeology Museums Kırklareli Museum Sadberk Hanım Museum Tekirdağ Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography

Mediterranean Region	Adana Archaeology Museum Alanya Archaeological Museum Antalya Museum Burdur Archaeological Museum Hatay Archaeology Museum Mersin Museum Misis Mosaic Museum Silifke Museum Tarsus Museum

Southeastern Anatolia Region	Adıyaman Archaeological Museum Diyarbakır Archaeological Museum Gaziantep Museum of Archaeology Şanlıurfa Museum Zeugma Mosaic Museum

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