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 "Gypsy Girl" is in Zeugma Mosaic Museum.

The museum's mosaics are focused on Zeugma, which is said to have been founded as Seleucia by Seleucus I Nicator, a general in Alexander the Great’s army.[1] 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.[2] Many of the mosaics remain covered[3] and teams of researchers continue to work on the project.[4]

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.[2]

References
  1. "Remarkably Pristine Ancient Greek Mosaics Uncovered in Turkish City of Zeugma". My Modern Met. 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2020-03-28.
  2. "Museum of Roman Mosaics to Open in Turkey". Luxury Travel Magazine.
  3. "Gaziantep Zeugma Mosaics Museum". Go Turkey. Turkey's Official Tourism Portal. Archived from the original on 2011-10-25. Retrieved 2012-01-09.
  4. "Secret Turk heroes of Zeugma Mosaic Museum". Hurriyet Daily News. 2011-11-03. Retrieved 2012-01-09.

  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Mars statue
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Achilles mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Acrotos mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Andromeda mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Antiope mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Daedalus mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos and Ariadne mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Dionysos Triumf mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Eros and Psyche mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Gypsy mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Methiokos mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Women at breakfast aka Drama Group mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Oceanus and Thetys 1 mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Oceanus and Thetys 2 mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Water gods mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Zeus and Europa mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
  • Gaziantep Zeugma Museum Unidentified mosaic
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