| Berlin's Pergamon Museum |
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| Altar of Zeus. It comes from the Acropolis of Pergamon in what is now Turkey. The Germans took the whole thing in the 19th century, and named this museum after the Greco-Roman city where the altar used to stand. A few loose bricks from the Altar of Zeus foundation are all that remain in Pergamon. I was there. This may be the largest single structure Europeans removed from the ancient world and placed in a public museum. |
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| Another look at the Altar of Zeus, which is so massive I could not photograph the entire altar. The Altar of Zeus is estimated to be more than 2,000 years old. |
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| The Pergamon Museum also has an extensive collection from Babylon, in what is now Iraq. This panel is from the Palace Throne Room. The Ishtar Gate is part of the display, but was blocked by scaffolding, preventing a decent picture. |
| Lions parade at the base of Babylon Throne Room panels. The Pergamon Museum's Babylon display is estimated to be 2,500 years old, from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II. |
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