(CUL) LOUVRE MUSEUM FEATURING EXHIBITIONS FOR TURKISH SEASON IN FRANCE.PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. , Oct 24, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Three separate exhibitions opened Friday in the Louvre Museum in Paris as part of the Turkish Season in France. Turkish Ambassador in Paris Osman Koruturk, Louvre Museum Director Henri Loyrette and Topkapi Palace Museum Director Prof. Ilber Ortayli attended the opening ceremony of the exhibitions. The exhibitions features kaftans, jewellery and accessories that once belonged to members of the Ottoman household, the majority of which come from the Topkapi Palace Museum, artifacts from the ancient past of Izmir, the former Greek and Roman city, its monuments, carvings and most typical art works, and objects from the necropolis necropolis: see cemetery. necropolis (Greek: “city of the dead”) Extensive and elaborate burial place serving an ancient city. The locations of these cemeteries varied. unearthed in the site of Alacahoyuk in Anatolia in the third millennium BC. (MB-AY) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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