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The Archaeological Museum in Istanbul consists of three structures; the first is the main building that is the Archaeological Museum, the second museum is the Ancient Orient and the third the Islamic art called the Tiled Kiosk, which is a pavilion set within the outer walls of Topkapi Palace and dates from 1472, and built by the Ottoman sultan Mehmed II. Here are a few tiled items along with mosaics that I found to be exceptionally breathtaking.

Important artifacts such as the Sarcophagies of Alexander the Great and King Tabnit, both unearthed at the Royal Necropolis of Sydon (Saida, Lebanon) are on display and considered significant archeological discoveries.

Istanbul Archaeological Museum Alemdar Caddesi Osman Hamdi Bey Yokusu Sok. 34122, Gulhane Faith, Istanbul [+90 212] 5272700

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Structurally an architectural wonder and aesthetically an incredible monument for both the Byzantine and Ottoman empires. Hagia Sophia is a former Greek Orthodox cathedral that later became an Ottoman imperial mosque, and is now a museum in the Turkish Republic.

Built in 537 as a cathedral in Constantinople with two floors centered on a nave that holds the great domed ceiling measuring 180 feet above the floor, along with smaller domes that extend upward. An engineering marvel for its time of great architectural beauty.

During the Byzantine period the apse was decorated with mosaics of a representation of the Virgin Mary with a young Jesus Christ on her lap. Most mosaics are made of pieces of stone or glass of different colors known tesserae.

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