If you ever find yourself in Turkey & make your way to Antakya, you may not it as Antioch, check out the Hatay Archaeology Museum. I was just there a couple weeks ago. The mosaics are pretty incredible.
> Restoration taking place in 2014-2015 has been suspended after several major works were botched and local media brought it to the attention of the public.
That’s too bad, I’ve heard of that happening with paintings fairly frequently. I wish institutions that weren’t experienced in restoration work would just focus on preservation, mostly climate control and protection from UV exposure.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecce_Homo_(Mart%C3%ADnez_and_G...
What I did personally was fly into Istanbul, then I drove to Göreme, down to Antakya, and then started driving back up along the coast. There's so much to see, I'm kind of overwhelmed. It's a good problem to have :)