Amasya Museum

Lonely Planet review

The Amasya Museum is well worth a visit. Notable exhibits include the famous Statuette of Amasya, a bronze figure of the Hittite god Teshub, with pointed cap and huge almond-shaped eyes; wooden doors taken from the Gök Medrese Camii, showing the progression between Seljuk and Ottoman carving; and displays on Ottoman crafts such as rope-making. English signage is good throughout.

The highlight, though, is the tiled Seljuk tomb in the garden, which contains a unique collection of gruesome mummies dating from the İlkhan period. The bodies, mummified without removing the organs, were discovered beneath the Burmalı Minare Cami. None of it's for squeamish or young eyes, but the remains of a baby girl, disintegrated into three pieces, are particularly hard to look at.