Mardin Photos

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Mardin - A picturesque shot of the street that runs through the old part of the city.

Mardin - That is the Reyhani Hotel on the right side of the street; difficult to spot unless you know what you are looking for.

Mardin - Sign describing the children's school of archeology on the grounds of the museum.

Mardin - this little Christian chapel sits on the grounds of the museum.

Mardin - A portion of the Diorama of ancient life on display in the museum.

Mardin - Another group of ancient flint tools on display in the museum.

Mardin - Stylized female figurines on display in the museum.

Mardin - Another shot of ancient arrowheads on display in the museum

Mardin - Writing on another of the ancient tablets on display in the museum.

Mardin - Diorama of ancient life on display in the museum.

Mardin - Designs on one of the ancient tablets on display in the museum.

16 December 2012

Greetings from Mardin,

This interesting city some twenty miles north of the troubled Syrian border is not even on many maps of Turkey, but here I am. Mardin is an ancient city located... excerpted from the main postcard page. This is an additional page for all the extra photos taken while in Mardin on two occasions.

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Mardin - Looking down on the the statue of Ataturk from the third floor balcony of the museum.

Mardin - Looking up at the third floor of the museum buildings from the entrance area.

Mardin - Clearance for buses is vanishingly small at some point along their routs.

Mardin - Tight squeezes like this happen frequently along most bus routs.

Mardin - To pass on most of the narrow streets through the old city one bus must climb up on the sidewalk and they do it like this driver did.

Mardin - That is the fortress high above the old city peeking over the tops of the museum buildings.

Mardin - Another shot of the Diorama of ancient life on display in the museum.

Mardin - This is a model of a Neolithic house used in the children's classes at the museum.

Mardin - Notice the fortress high above the old city peeking over the tops of the museum buildings.

Mardin - Looking down on the main road through the old city from the third floor balcony of the museum.

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Mardin - Ancient metal arrowheads on display in the museum.

Mardin - Looking down on the second floor balcony from the third floor balcony of the museum.

Mardin - This seems to be an active archeological dig on the museum property.

Mardin - That is the model of a Neolithic house used in the children's classes at the museum.

Mardin - This is the schoolyard for the children's classes at the museum.

Mardin - Another shot of the schoolyard where children's classes are held at the museum.

Mardin - Walking the old city one sees lots of construction activity and donkeys haul the building materials to the work sites as some alleyways are too narrow for trucks.

Mardin - Here a huge pile of sand waits for an available donkeys to haul it to the work site where alleyways are too narrow for trucks.

Mardin - Writing on one of the ancient tablets on display in the museum.

Mardin - A group of tablets on display in the museum courtyard.

Mardin - A group of ancient flint tools on display in the museum.

Mardin - More flint tools on display in the museum.

Mardin - Flint tools clearly man made on display in the museum.

Mardin - Notice how precisely shaped are these flint tools on display in the museum.

Mardin - A group of ancient arrowheads on display in the museum.