Alacahöyük Museum

Central Anatolia


This little museum does a good job of explaining Alacahöyük's history and significance despite comprising only two rooms. One room is dedicated to small finds excavated at the site – most of the larger finds are on display in Ankara's Museum of Anatolian Civilisations – including idol figurines and a delicately beautiful deer statuette, while a second room details the history of archaeological work here.


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