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Inscription from Thyateira, Asia Minor.

Inscription from Smyrna.

Inscription from Ephesus.

Inscription from Pergamon.

Inscription from Laodicea.

Inscription from Philadelphia, Asia Minor.

Inscription from Miletus.

Engraved amethyst bought by French traveller Le Thou in Asia Minor. It shows Archangel Michael, combining elements from several religious traditions.

Roman coin of Emperor Otho. Ancient coin from Lesbos island. Ancient coins from Tinos island.

Ancient coins from Zakynthos (1), Abydos (2), Izmir (3), Thyateira (4), Roman coins of emperors Commodus and Caracalla from Patras (5,6), coins from Delphi (7) and Sicyon (8).

Ancient coins from Thyateira (1), Izmir (2), Ephesus (3), Pergamon (4), Laodicea (5), Philadelphia (6), Sardes (7) and Magnesia (8).

Ancient coins from Phocaea (1,2), Temnos (3,4), Erythrae (5, 6) and Hyrcanis (7, 8).

Ancient coins from Phocaea (1, 2), Sardes (3, 4), and possibly Izmir (5, 6).

Ancient coins from Tmolus (1), Izmir and Hierapolis (2), Milas (3, 4), coin of emperor Gallienus from Metropolis in Ionia (5), Colophon (6), coin of emperor Caracalla from Lebedus and Nicaea (7, 8).

The tomb of Osman I in Bursa. Ottoman books, probably from one of the public libraries of Istanbul.

Turkish women of Asia Minor making bread.

Map of Marmara sea.

Map of Istanbul and surrounding area.

The castles of Europe and Asia The Rumelian (1) and the Anatolian (2) castle, on the European and the Asian coast of the Bosporus. 3. The location of Sweet Waters of Asia.

The convergence of Bosporus and the Black Sea seen from Tarabya on the European coast of the Bosporus. Also shown is the position of Anadolu Kavağı (1) and its quay (4), Yoros Castel or Genoese Castle (2) and the structures added to the castle by the Ottomans (3), the Castle of Sultan Murad IV (5) and finally the European coast of the Bosporus.