Precious Jewels of the Sultan Amaze Us at Topkapi Palace Treasury

Once the palace of the Sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Topkapi is a vast treasury of Islamic culture, science and weaponry, visited by over 2 million people every year. The jewels of the Sultan are amazingly ornate and in this video at the treasury we examine several of the most previous objects at the palatial museum. What are they made of? Why were they made?

This clip is connected to our episode Inside the Topkapi Palace Museum, Istanbul. Stream every episode of Museum Secrets at Vimeo On Demand: http://vimeo.com/ondemand/museumsecrets and VHX: http://museumsecrets.vhx.tv/

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