Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Last weekend on our trip to Berlin we went to the Pergamon museum.  The Pergamon museum, which we saw on our last trip, was one of my favorite museums.  The entrance is the Pergamon Altar, an ancient Greek altar.  Awhile back a German archeologist was traveling through Greece and saw pieces of of ancient Greek friezes being melted down for lime and, acting immediately (actually it took 10 years and friezes were still being melted during that time)  the Germans secured the rights to it and shipped to Germany.  However, there was a hold up at the port and some of the pieces disappeared.  But it finally made it the Pergamon Museum.  In the next room was a Roman wall that is the largest ancient reconstruction ever.  Then there was the Gate of Ishtar which has 2 defining things, how enormous it is and how blue.  Then we looked at a ancient Islamic fortress which was never completed.  The Sultan gave it to the Kaiser as a gift.  Overall I enjoyed the Pergamon and it is still one of the best museums I have seen.

 Mama, Kegan and Me

 

The Romans wall

 A Floor Mosaic

 The Ishtar Gate