Antakya (Antioch ad Orontes) is the city where
the culture and traditions of Mesopotamia and Arabia met those of the Greek and Romans.
It was a long-standing rival of Alexandria.

St. Paul and St. Peter both preached and wrote here. Antakya is the place where the followers
of Christ were for the first time ever, named Christians.

The museum houses one of the richest
collections of late Roman and Byzantine
mosaics. Some of the highlights are Narcissus
by a stream, Drunken Dionysus and Orpheus charming beasts with his Lyre.