İskele Archaeology Museum.
İskele Arkeoloji Müzesi · İskele
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Finds from eight periods, in a museum opened in 2018.
What to see at İskele Archaeology Museum
- The museum shows finds from eight periods, from the Neolithic to the Roman era, chosen from the state's own stores.
- Exhibits include material from the Karpaz excavations and the Kral Tepesi bronze hoard.
- It is housed in a British-period market hall known as Bandabuliya.
History of İskele Archaeology Museum
- 2017
- The British-period market hall known as Bandabuliya is converted into an archaeology museum.
- 2018
- The museum opens, showing over 10,000 years of Cypriot archaeology, from the Neolithic to the Roman period.
Visiting İskele Archaeology Museum
Allow about half an hour. The museum is in İskele town, reached by Şht. Necmi Ali Sokak. A car park is mapped about 50 m away and no bus stop is mapped within about 500 m. The İskele Icon Museum is within about 250 m.
Monuments near İskele Archaeology Museum
- İskele Icon MuseumA domed twelfth-century church that keeps most of its original wall paintings.
- SalamisThe great classical city of the island, founded about 1100 BC.
- Royal Tombs of SalamisChariot burials of the kings of Salamis, from the ninth to seventh centuries BC.