In the morning of our second day, a Sunday, we visited the wonderful archeological museum. Later, we went to the Suleinamiye Mosque, but were unable to enter because of prayer and did not feel like waiting. So we walkded down through a populaire residential area of old wooden houses and to the Spice Market.
1 Old sculpture of a horse from ancient Anatolia
2 A cat, similar to ancient Egyptian ones
3 Tiled lions from the Ishtar Gate of ancient Babylon (-6th c.) - near-mythic stuff here
4 Tourist and tiled lions
5 Beautiful colors of a Babylon tiled lion
6 And a horse
7 A monster, part serpent, part unicorn and part bird
8 Relief showing a meal in ancient Anatolia during the late Hittite Period (-9th c.)
9 Lion, also late Hittite
10 War chariot, late Hittite - They really existed!
11 Late hittite Buck
12 Ancient ceramic bowls
13 Roman statue of the Egyptian god Bes, protector of households, although he looks more daunting here.
14 A royal sarcophagus from ancient Sidon (-5th c.)
15 Harpies on the sarcophagus
16 Must be the death of Socrates
17 The so-called Alexander Sarcophagus (-4th c.)
18 Battle scene on the Alexander Sarcophagus
19 Lion attacking horse - some traces of the original paint still visible
20 School kids on a museum outing
21 Suleimaniye Camii (mosque) and minaret
22 Court of the Suleimaniye Camii
23 Dome of Suleimaniye Camii
24 Suleimaniye Camii entrance court
25 Old houses near Suleimaniye Camii
26 Swedish tourist admiring old wooden Istanbul houses
27 The characteristic bay windows of Istanbul's old wooden houses
28 Not a bourgeois neighborhood, but colorful
29 Colored houses
30 More old Istanbul houses
31 Dish antenna on old house
32 Steep street leading up one of Istabul's seven hills
33 Fancier old house, Renaissance looking
34 Market street near the Spice Market
35 Colorful beaded curtains
36 Looking up at the beautiful R�stem Pasha Camii (visited last year)
37 Looking up at the beautiful R�stem Pasha Camii (visited last year)