Ankara - Museum of Anatolian Civilizations Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi

The Mahmut Pasa Bedesteni (1464-71) with its crown of 10 domes was once a covered bazaar where cloth made from angora wool was traded. Situated below the citadel in Ankara, on its southwest side, the old building was converted in 1951 into the now world-famous Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, also known as the Hittite Museum.

The collection, divided into various departments, comprises an enormous number of exceptionally impressive archeological finds from the paleolithic period to classical times.