Konya Ereğli Museum

Reflecting the historical richness of Ereğli and its surroundings, the construction of the Ereğli Museum began in 1967 and was completed in 1978, when it officially opened to visitors. Until 1977, the museum operated as a branch of the Konya Museum, but in 1978, it became an independent directorate. Today, Ereğli Museum stands out as one of the rare museums in Anatolia offering a continuous exhibition from the Neolithic Age to the Republican Period. 

Archaeology Hall

In the Archaeology Hall, artifacts are displayed chronologically across five different showcases. Starting with the Neolithic Age, terracotta vessels, obsidian tools, seals, beads, and arrowheads from the Chalcolithic, Bronze, Hittite, and Phrygian periods are exhibited in sequence.

One showcase is dedicated to artifacts from the Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods, featuring important finds such as coins from Ephesus, gold diadems, terracotta lamps, figurines, and marble stele fragments, including pieces unearthed at the Göztepe Tumulus excavation. Another showcase focuses on the Byzantine Period, displaying artifacts from the excavation of the Underworld City of Carving, along with Roman and Byzantine glass bottles, containers, bracelets, and christograms.

The coin showcase presents Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine, and Venetian coins, organized by period. Roman coins are further classified according to the emperors under whom they were minted.

In the fossil showcase, visitors can see mammoth fossil fragments, deer antlers, and other mammal bones found in the sand quarries of Zengen in Ereğli. These remains belong to a species known as the southern mammoth, which lived in Europe and Central Asia approximately 2.5 to 1.5 million years ago before becoming extinct.

Ethnography Hall

The Ethnography Hall features kitchen utensils, jewelry, weapons, and a handwritten Quran, all collected from Ereğli and its surrounding areas. This section, organized into two showcases, also displays figured ceramic and plaster pieces from the Seljuk Period, as well as coins and medallions from the Islamic Period. In the open-air exhibition area, wooden ceiling cores, cabinets, and doors from old Ereğli houses are showcased.

İvriz Rock Monument

Located 17 kilometers from Ereğli by the İvriz Stream, the İvriz Rock Monument features depictions of the God Tarhundas and King Warpalavas carved into natural rock. Measuring 420 by 240 centimeters, the figures are created using the relief technique. In the composition, King Warpalavas, depicted at a larger scale, raises his hands in prayer toward the God Tarhundas, who holds a bunch of grapes in one hand and a bundle of wheat in the other.

The accompanying inscription reads: "When I was a prince in the palace, I planted these vineyards and grew wheat spikes. May God grant them blessings and abundance." While the monument follows Hittite artistic traditions, it also bears elements of Assyrian, Aramaic, and Phrygian art. Built in the 8th century BC during the Late Hittite Period, it is considered the oldest known agricultural monument in the world.