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- A unique look at Turkey's rich cultural heritage
- With 200 objects and masterpieces from prestigious collections
Anatolia: Home of Eternity, is the catalog that accompanies the main exhibition at Europalia Arts Festival, Turkey. It looks at the heart of Turkish culture and illustrates masterpieces brought together from museums from all over Turkey.
Turkish culture is characterized by rituals and religion. On the basis of about 200 objects - archaeological finds, miniatures, sculptures, textile, items in gold, etc. - this book provides a unique glimpse at the diversity of that culture - and of a country that has always been used as bridge between Europe and Asia. The masterpieces are borrowed from prestigious collections, such as the Topkapi Palace Museum, the Istanbul Archaeological Museum and the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara.
Text in English, Dutch and French.
Also available as part of the Europalia Arts Festival Turkey:
Imagine Istanbul ISBN 9789401430067
Prominent expert on Turkey, Marc Waelkens, who was also awarded a knighthood, is an Emeritus Professor in Archaeology at KU Leuven. Recently, he led the archaeological excavations of the site of Sagalassos in Turkey, one of the most important interdisciplinary archaeology projects in the Mediterranean. In the past, he has taken part in archaeological studies into Greece, Syria, Italy, and Egypt, where he introduced essential knowledge on each occasion.
