Archeological Museum
Erzurum,the city with its large plateau situated nearly 2000 meters above sea level in North East Anatolia, is saving its historical codes at museums. Erzurum Archaeology Museum is host the most unique artifacts belongs semi nomadic cultures. There is a collection in the museum consisting of terracota, metal, obsidian, glass, bone, stone artifacts in a wide range of chronology from Paleolithic to Byzantine. Some featured cultures dating back to the 4200 BC are; Kura Arakses (The Late Chalcolithic-Early Bronze Age), Transcaucasus/ Second Millenium Painted Wares ( The Middle Bronze Age ), Urartu – Achaemenid (The Early Iron Age ). Erzurum Archaeology Museum espically displays the unique collection of Kura-Arakses and Transcaucasus because of the geographical proximity and a long culturel unity, reflects mostly Transcaucasus influences.