Pergamon museum

The Pergamonmuseum was built between 1912 and 1930 to a design by Alfred Messels and Ludwig Hoffmann. It houses one of the most famous collections of antiquities in Europe and owes its name to the famous Pergamon Altar, which takes pride of place in the main hall. The three independent collections – the Museum of Antiquities (Greek and Roman), the Museum of Near Eastern Antiquities and the Museum of Islamic Art – are the result of intensive archaeological excavations by German expeditions to the Near and Middle East at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century.

Pergamon Altar (170 BC)

This scene, featuring the goddess Athena, appears on the large frieze illustrating a battle between the gods and the giants.

Roman Mosaic (3rd or 4th century AD)

This ancient mosaic was found at Jerash, Jordan. A second part of it is in the collection of the Stark Museum of Art, Texas.

The Goddesss Athena

This enchanting Hellenistic sculpture of the goddess Athena is one of many displayed in the museum.

Assyrian Palace

Parts of this beautifully reconstructed palace interior, from the ancient kingdom of Assyria, date from the 12^th century BC.

Aleppo Zimmer

This magnificent panelled room comes from a merchant’s house in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

GALLERY GUIDE

The central section of the ground floor houses reconstructions of ancient monumental structures, while the left wing is devoted to the Antiquities of Greece and Rome. The right wing houses the Museum of Near Eastern Antiquities; the first floor of the right wing houses the Museum of Islamic Art.

Façade of the Mshatta Palace (AD 744)

This fragment is from the southern façade of the Jordanian Mshatta Palace, presented to Wilhelm II by Sultan Abdul Hamid of Ottoman in 1903.

Market Gate from Miletus (c.120 AD)

Measuring over 16 m (52 ft) in height, this gate opened onto the southern market of Miletus, a Roman town in Asia Minor.

Ishtar Gate from Babylon (6th century BC)

Original glazed bricks decorate both the huge Ishtar gate and the impressive Processional Way that leads up to it.

STAR EXHIBITS

. Ishtar Gate from Babylon

. Market Gate from Miletus

. Pergamon Altar