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MuseumsSite Name: Bodrum Museum of Underwater ArchaeologyCountry: Turkey Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Bodrum
Latitude: 37.031687N Longitude: 27.429450E
Condition:
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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TheCaptain visited on 18th Sep 2002 - their rating: Cond: 5 Amb: 4 Access: 4 My notes from my sailing log book of my visit.
The wind has got up overnight again, and is W 6-7 out in the main sea area, with 2m swell. We are going nowhere today. Catch the Dolmus to Bodrum to do the tourist thing, spend the morning visiting the Halicarnassus Mausoleum, and afternoon in the Bodrum Castle and shipwrecks museum. A good day to be stuck in harbour. The Dolmus takes about 20 minutes and costs about 30p each. Brilliant.
After lunch, its to the castle, which includes the Museum of Underwater Archaeology. This is all absolutely brilliant, with shipwrecks and their finds found round the local coast dating back to the bronze age. In various castle rooms are different shipwrecks, arranged as they were found, and as the ships would have been. I particularly liked the 12th Century BC wreck with its ingots of copper, and there is some amazing glass ware from the 11th century “Glass ship”. And masses and masses of amphorae from throughout the millenia.
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The museum received a special commendation in 1995 as a European Museum of the Year. Initially, the restoration of the castle was the priority; later, exhibition halls were created in the available space.
The Bronze Age Shipwrecks exhibit displays interesting findings recovered from sunken trading vessels discovered by local sponge divers. The artefacts, from the 13th and 16th century BCE, are indispensable for understanding the late Bronze Age. Also on display is the world’s oldest known shipwreck, also one of the richest finds, discovered at Uluburun in 1982.
Information from Bodrum Travel.
Visiting Times: See the Turkish Museums website.
Note: Goddess sculpture found in the Aegean Sea, the biggest ever in Turkish underwater archaeology. See the latest comment on our page.
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