Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in the city of Gaziantep, Turkey, is the biggest mosaic museum in the world, containing 1700 m2 of mosaics.[2] It opened to the public on 9 September 2011. The 30,000 m2 (320,000 sq ft) museum features 2,448 m2 (26,350 sq ft) of mosaic and replaces the Bardo National Museum in Tunis as the world's largest mosaic museum.[1][3]
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| Established | September 9, 2011 |
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| Location | Gaziantep, Turkey |
| Coordinates | 37°04′32″N 37°23′08″E / 37.07556°N 37.38556°E |
| Type | Archaeology museum |
The museum's Hellenistic Greek and Roman mosaics are focused on Zeugma, which is said to have been founded as Seleucia by Seleucus I Nicator, founder of the Seleucid Kingdom after serving as a hetairoi military officer in the army of Alexander the Great.[4] 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 flooded.[5] In 2011, many of the mosaics remain covered,[6] and teams of researchers continue to work on the project.[7]
The museum building and its artifacts survived the Mw 7.8 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake unscathed, unlike most of Gaziantep, which was heavily damaged. All of the museum staff also survived the earthquake.[8] The museum was reopened in April 2023, two and a half months after the 2023 Turkey–Syria earthquake.[9]
Gallery
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Mars statue
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Achilles mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Acrotos mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Andromeda mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Antiope mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Daedalus mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos and Ariadne mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos Triumph mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Methiokos mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Women at breakfast aka Drama Group mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Oceanus and Thetys 2 mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Water gods mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Galatea mosaic
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Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
References
edit- ^ a b Dünyanın en büyük mozaik müzesi Gaziantep'te [The world's largest mosaic museum is in Gaziantep], 8 September 2011
- ^ "Dünyanın en büyük mozaik müzesi Gaziantep'te". 8 September 2011.
- ^ "Zeugma Mosaic Museum". Gazi̇antep Provincial Directorate of Culture and Tourism.
- ^ "Remarkably Pristine Ancient Greek Mosaics Uncovered in Turkish City of Zeugma". My Modern Met. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
- ^ "Museum of Roman Mosaics to Open in Turkey". Luxury Travel Magazine.
- ^ "Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaics Museum". Go Turkey. Turkey's Official Tourism Portal. Archived from the original on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ "Secret Turk heroes of Zeugma Mosaic Museum". Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
- ^ Mehmet Akif Parlak (2023-02-18). "Zeugma Mozaik Müzesi'ndeki eserler depremi hasarsız atlattı" (in Turkish). Anadolu Agency. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "Zeugma Mozaik Müzesi depremden sonra ilk kez kapılarını açtı" (in Turkish). Cumhuriyet. 20 April 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.