MARMARA ÜNİVERSİTESİ PENDİK EĞİTİM VE ARAŞTIRMA HASTANESİ

The collections of the Museum of Ancient Oriental Antiquities consist of works from the pre-Greek ages of Anatolia and Mesopotamia, and the pre-Islamic ages of Egypt and the Arabian Peninsula. The majority of these artifacts were unearthed during archaeological excavations that started at the end of the 19th century and continued until World War I, and were brought to Istanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire, which was the ruler of these countries at that time.

In the Museum of Ancient Oriental Artifacts, which consists of Pre-Islamic Arabian Artifacts, Egyptian Artifacts, Mesopotamian Artifacts, Anatolian Artifacts, Urartian Artifacts and Cuneiform Documents sections, the narrative is made with a regional classification; The cultures of the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Mesopotamia and Anatolia are presented in their historical development. In addition to unique works such as the Stele of Akkadian King Naramsi, the Treaty of Kadesh, and the Ishtar Gate, the Tablet Archive, which contains 75 thousand cuneiform documents, is also located in this section. History The building where the Old Oriental Works are located today was built by Osman Hamdi Bey in 1883 as Sanayi-i Nefise Mektebi, that is, the Academy of Fine Arts.

This academy, which will form the foundations of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in the future, is the first fine arts school opened in the Ottoman Empire. The architect of the building is Alexander Vallaury, who would later build the Istanbul Archaeological Museums Classical building. When the academy was moved to another building in Cağaloğlu in 1917, this building was allocated to the Directorate of Museums. The museum director of the period, Halil Edhem Bey, thought that it would be more appropriate to exhibit the works of the ancient cultures of the Near Eastern countries separately from the Greek, Roman and Byzantine works, and arranged for the building to be organized as the Museum of Ancient Oriental Works. The German expert Eckhard Unger, who was invited for this job, worked in Istanbul between 1917-1919 and 1932-1935, completed the exhibition of the museum and made a series of publications on the works.

II. The museum, which was evacuated for defense purposes during World War II, was later reorganized by Osman Sümer according to Unger's principles. A major reorganization was made in the museum structure in 1963 and it was reopened to visitors in 1974. The Museum of Ancient Oriental Works, which was last maintained and repaired in 1999-2000, reached its current state on September 8, 2000.