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handkerchiefs
having different motifs, the
blanket, which was used by Atatürk
during his visit to Edirne and
the map he used during the Balkan
War are exhibited.
In the hand works part, there
is a village kitchen, carpet,
kilim and rush mat weaving looms,
tools used in shoe manufacture,
agricultural tools and instruments
used in farming and a phaeton
are located.
Archeology Section: At the entrance,
on the right side, the photograph
panel showing the first tumulus
excavations made in the region
between the years 1936 - 1939
upon the order of Atatürk is
located and on the left side,
a map showing the archaic residence
locations of Thrace.
The stone works exhibited
along the wall are in three
groups:
1- inscriptions
2- architectural parts
3- stells
The showcase, in which women
busts made of cooked soil is
interesting in terms of showing
the hair styles of women from
the Archaic Period until today.
Works belonging to various periods,
which were caught while being
sent abroad, are exhibited in
the contraband works showcase.
In the showcase belonging to
Thrace cult documents, cavalry
stells depicting the Thracean
cavalry, who were very skillful
in war art and horsemanship
and who were deified after their
death, are exhibited.
Along the wall, sculptures of
Roman period are placed.
In four fossil showcases, fossil
parts belonging to various animals
that have been obtained in the
sand - gravel mines and coal
mines in the region and that
are dated to periods starting
from one million year before
today and going back to 30 -
35 million years are exhibited.
Among the prehistoric works
belonging to Odrisia, which
is the first city residence
of Odrisses, which is a big
Trak clan, at 5 km northwestern
of Edirne, stone axes, handmade,
rough - dough notch - ornamented
earthenware pot parts, hand
mill are exhibited in the horizontal
showcase in the middle of the
hall.
The grave gifts obtained in
the Hacılar Dolmen, Arpalık
Dolmen and Taşlıca Bayır Tumulus
excavations are exhibited in
the showcases called with their
names. In the middle, in one
of the two horizontal showcases,
the Thracean coins belonging
to Hellenistic kings are exhibited
while in the other showcase
the coins belonging to the rulers
period are located. In the two
vertical showcases, Roman and
Byzantine coins are exhibited
in chronological order.
In the museum garden, Ionian,
Aiol, Korinth, Byzantine column
heads and various architectural
parts are exhibited. Besides
these, the altar having an Eros
relief on it, which belongs
to the Roman period and the
dolmens and menhirs brought
from Lalapaşa Hacılar Village
are interesting works.
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