25/11/2010

van museum


With all the side trips we didn't get to see much of Van at
first. It has a small but charming museum. I particularly
liked the figures in the courtyard, found only 12 years ago
in Hakkari, carved there some time between the 15th
& 11th century BC. They have that amused look of
so much naive art, though the times may have been
quite serious then, too.

more details on the Hakkari stelae

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