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	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Museums / Institutes
		The Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) ranks alongside the Louvre and the British Museum as one of the world's leading museums of ancient oriental treasures.
		Fourteen rooms are devoted to this collection in the southern wing of the Pergamon Museum.
		The artistic and crafting skills of the Assyrians during the first and second century BC are illustrated by vases, jewellery, tools, clay and stone reliefs, tiles and small sculptures made from a variety of materials.
	www.smb.spk-berlin.de /smb/sammlungen/details.php?objectId=23 (442 words)

	netcyclo: Pergamon Museum
		The museum building, with its rather grubby-looking exterior, is due to be restored in 2008, though the plan is to keep at least some parts of the museum open during the restoration work.
		As part of the general redevelopment of Museuminsel on which the Museum is situated, the Pergamon Museum is due to be expanded and its entrance moved to a central entrance building.
		The museum is a small distance from three rail stations: Hackescher Markt (S-Bahn) to the northeast, Oranienburger Straße (S-Bahn) to the north, and Freidrichstraße (U-Bahn and S-Bahn) to the west.
	www.netcyclo.com /places/polit/nations/germany/states/berlin/district/bedist01/pergmonm/pergmonm.htm (737 words)

	Pergamon Museum, Berlin
		The Pergamon Museum on Berlin's Museum Island is entered by way of the bridge over the Kupfergraben.
		One of the oldest museums of its kind in the world, the Pergamon was designed by A. Messel and Ludwig Hoffman and built between 1903-30, with a long interruption during the First World War.
		The complex includes the Folk Museum, the Department of Antiquities with the Pergamon Altar, the Near-East Museum, the Islamic Museum, the East Asian Collection and the permanent exhibition labeled "Ancient Coinage" in the Coin Cabinet.
	www.planetware.com /berlin/pergamon-museum-d-bn-bpm.htm (198 words)

	The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News (Site not responding. Last check: )
		By the time the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum on Museum Island (today the Bodemuseum) had opened, it was clear that the museum was not large enough to host all the art and archeological treasures coming from German excavations.
		The Pergamon Museum was reopened in 1959 in East Berlin, while what remained in West Berlin is on display in the Castle of Charlottenburg since 1995.
		The museum complex will be redeveloped according to his plan, which controversially proposes large alterations to a set of buildings unchanged since 1930.
	www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Pergamon_Museum (843 words)

	Pergamon Theatre History
		Consequently, the proskenion at Pergamon overlaps Vitruvius' basic circle of the orchestra by twenty-three and a half feet.
		Pergamon was first excavated in 1878 by Germans Carl Humann, Alexander Conze, and R. Bohn.
		The Pergamon Museum in Berlin houses archives and artifacts collected before 1936 including the alter of Zeus and Ahtena.
	www.whitman.edu /theatre/theatretour/pergamon/introduction/pergamon.intro2.htm (851 words)

	Pergamon in the Marmara Region of Northwest Anatolia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Pergamon in the Marmara Region of Northwest Anatolia
		Almost all of the ruins on the present day acropolis of Pergamon, date from the Hellenistic period, when the kingdom of Pergamon was at the height of its power, and the city was a flourishing metropolis.
		Heads and other pieces of colossal marble statues of the two deified emperors discovered in the temple and moved to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin, are evidence that were both worshipped here.
	socialscience.tyler.cc.tx.us /mkho/fulbright/1998/ScottLudwig/pergamonpage2.html (161 words)

	Travel Channel community: Pergamon Museum - Berlin, Germany
		Spoiled for choice on Museum Island, the Pergamon Museum is an easy choice as it offers something different from the ordinary exhibitions, statues, and pictures seen in all standard museums and galleries.
		The star exhibition is the Pergamon Altar, a Greek construction with beautiful freezes that dates from the second century BC.
		In contrast to the Elgin Marbles in the British Museum, some of the pillars came with and the display is build up so you can climb the decidedly modern stairs and see how it was presented originally.
	travelchannel.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?JournalID=13059&EntryID=21725&n=Pergamon+Museum (626 words)

	Museum of Islamic Art, Pergamon Museum
		The Islamisches Museum on the second floor of Berlin's Pergamon Museum was established by Wilhelm von Bode in 1904.
		Its most valuable exhibit is the facade of the desert castle of Mshatta in Jordan (eighth C.), presented to the German Emperor by the Sultan of Turkey.
		During the Second World War this part of the museum suffered heavy losses, and many of the exhibits had to be restored and reconstructed, including the left-hand tower of the Mshatta Castle (completed 1963).
	www.planetware.com /berlin/pergamon-museum-museum-of-islamic-art-d-bn-bpmmia.htm (196 words)

	Berlin Architecture Images- Pergamon Museum
		The Pergamon Museum (in German, Pergamonmuseum) is one of the museums on the Museum Island in Berlin.
		The main exhibits are the Pergamon Altar from the 2nd century BC, with a 113 meters (371 feet) long sculptural frieze depicting the struggle of the gods and the giants, and the Gate of Miletus from Roman antiquity.
		The Pergamon Museum was reopened in 1959 in East Berlin, while what remained in West Berlin is on display in the Castle of Charlottenburg since 1995.
	www.essential-architecture.com /G-BER/BER-042.htm (826 words)

	Pergamon Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Telephos Frieze depicts the life story of the hero Telephos, the legendary founder of Pergamon and mythical ancestor of the royal house.
		It was mounted on the inner court walls of the Pergamon Altar.
		Unfortunately, only about 47 whole or partial frieze panels are preserved from the original 74 meaning that some of the important scences which provide the insight into the story of the frieze are missing completely.
	www.angelfire.com /hi/qiao/pergamon.html (197 words)

	Pergamon pictures and videos on Webshots
		Pergamon Museum : Stairs of the Pergamon Altar
		Grasshopper at Pergamon ruins, Bergama izmir turkey 200...
		Sign for the Pergamon Museum which is named after the c...
	www.webshots.com /search?query=Pergamon (297 words)

	Walks through Berlin / Senate Department for Urban Development Berlin / Museum Tour - Eastern Part
		The Pergamon Museum was the last building to be completed on the Museum Island in 1930 after a construction period of 20 years.
		The exhibition hall containing the massive Pergamon Altar is situated in the middle section of the museum.
		The architectural competition for the restructuring of the Pergamon Museum was won by O.M. Ungers in the year 2000.
	www.stadtentwicklung.berlin.de /bauen/wanderungen/en/s62_pergamon.shtml (319 words)

	Pergamon Museum
		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.
		The Pergamon Museum's Babylon display is estimated to be 2,500 years old, from the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II.
	www.geocities.com /intrepidberkeleyexplorer/Page23B.html (199 words)

	Pergamon Summary
		The kingdom of Pergamon surrendered to Alexander of Macedon in 334 BCE and after Alexander's death in 323 BCE was claimed by Lysimachus, one of Alexander's generals, in 301 BCE.
		Pergamon continued to prosper, but Attalos III, the last ruler of the dynasty, had no heirs and at his death bequeathed his kingdom to Rome.
		The ancient ruins of Pergamon, which surround the modern city of Bergama, were rediscovered in 1868 by a railway engineer, Carl Humann, who found fragments of the sculptures of the Zeus altar.
	www.bookrags.com /Pergamon (1292 words)

	Untitled Document
		Pergamon is one of the most interesting and well preserved ancient Greek cities in Turkey.
		There is a lot to see in the ancient city of Pergamon, but the most important items like the Zeus altar were stolen by the German excavation team which unearthed the place in 1886.
		The Zeus altar today can only be seen in the Pergamon museum in Berlin, but the ancient city still has a lot to offer.
	www.adelphiatravel.com /pergamon.htm (185 words)

	Acropolis in Pergamon
		The Pergamon waterways, constructed in the 2nd Century BC, can be clearly seen at the north end of the arsenal square.
		The greatest competitor of the Pergamon Library, developed by Eumenes II, and enlarged by his successors, was the Alexander Library in Egypt.
		Pergamon is located in the province of Izmir.
	www.istanbulportal.com /Anatolia/Pergamon2.aspx (784 words)

	Pergamon Museum, Tourist Attractions of Berlin, Germany
		The Pergamon Museum(in German, Pergamonmuseum) is one of the museums on the Museum Island in Berlin.
		The main exhibits are the Pergamon Altar from the 2nd century BC, with a 113 meters (371 feet) long sculptural frieze depicting the struggle of the gods and the giants, and the Gate of Miletus from Roman antiquity.
		The Pergamon Altar is a magnificent structure originally built in the 2nd century BC in the Ancient Greek city of Pergamon (also known as Pergamum; modern day Bergama in Turkey) in northwestern Anatolia, 25.74 kilometers (16 miles) from the Aegean Sea.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Germany/germany-interest-berlin-pergamon.html (1071 words)

	Pergamon Museum (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This museum was designed by Alfred Messel and took 20 years to build (1910-1930).
		In the background, you see the side face of the museum, designed to look Greek, perhaps following after the Greek city for which it is named.
		A statue of a young man and a view of the glass entry into the Pergamon Museum.
	www.geocities.com /snufflesyoung/bvo/perg.htm (182 words)

	Museums of Berlin
		The museum was built by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann between 1912 and 1930 and was specifically designed to hold large architectural displays.
		The museum building was constructed to plans by some members of the Expressionist artists’ group "die Brücke" (The Bridge).
		A SMPK museum - since this collection is housed in the Bode Museum, which is closed for renovation, it won’t be open to the public till 2004.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Germany/germany-interest-berlin-museums.html (2799 words)

	Pergamon Museum Gets Restoration Funds
		Monday, February 27, 2006; 6:47 PM BERLIN -- The road is now clear for a long-awaited restoration of the Pergamon Museum, after the government approved a budget for the project.
		The neoclassical museum, home to such treasures as the Pergamon Altar and Babylon's Ishtar Gate, will gain a new wing during the overhaul, which will cost about $417 million and be financed by the federal government, Berlin officials said Monday.
		The restored marble frieze of the second century B.C. Pergamon Altar was unveiled in 2004.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022700710_pf.html (297 words)

	Museumsinsel (Museum Island), Berlin - World Heritage Site - Pictures, info and travel reports
		The Pergamon altar, the Milete market gate, the Ishtar gate: they could have been WHS in their own right if they were still in their original location.
		Until 2015 the whole museum island is under a grand project of renovation and refurbishment with construction of underground complex that will link five museums together, so you have to check museum information carefully before visit as the museums can be closed unexpectedly.
		Great monuments to the Age of Enlightenment, all museums (at least the ones currently open, as there is a massive amount of restoration going on) are interesting, but the Pergamon Museum tops them all.
	www.worldheritagesite.org /sites/museuminsel.html (1236 words)

	Museum and Exhibitions :: Germany
		The museum holds the world's largest collection of early Islamic bronzes with objects from the 8.
		The museum is situated in the south wing of the Pergamon Museum.
		The Museum was founded in 1909 and shows the history of ceramics from the earliest beginnings till today all over the world.
	www.islamicart.com /library/museum/europe/germany.html (424 words)

	Tourist Information - VLDB 2003
		The Pergamon Museum is one of the oldest museums of its kind.
		Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of Anterior Asia): Ischtar Gate with processional road, world-famous exhibits from the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and North Syrian - East Anatolian regions, modern-day Iraq, Syria and Turkey.
		Is currently being restored to accommodate the Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Pre- and Early History.
	www.vldb.org /conf/2003/homepage/museumsisland.html (572 words)

	Pergamon Museum - günstige Shops bei dooyoo.de
		Das Berlin mit all diesen Museen und Sehenswürdigkeiten spielend mithalten, sie vielleicht sogar überbieten kann, zeigt die Museumsinsel, auf der sich, auf engstem Raum, viele Museen mit bedeutenden Kunstwerken aller Epochen befinden.
		Oktober 2006 wurde das "Bode Museum" wieder eröffnet und bildet nun einen weiteren Höhepunkt der Museumsinsel.
		Pergamon Museum : Das imposanteste Museum der Stadt
	www.dooyoo.de /museen-national/pergamon-museum (248 words)

	Expansion of Pergamon Museum in Berlin to give ancient art new home - Independent Online Edition > Europe
		The road is now clear for a long-awaited restoration of the German capital's Pergamon Museum, which houses treasures such as the Pergamon Altar and Babylon's Ishtar Gate, after the government approved a budget for the project.
		The neoclassical museum will gain a new wing during the overhaul, which will cost a maximum of €351m (£240m) and be financed by the federal government.
		The museum, which opened in 1930, was damaged during the Second World War, and bullet holes still pockmark its façades.
	news.independent.co.uk /europe/article348181.ece (511 words)

	Virtual Museum of Islamic Art
		Ackland Art Museum is situated on the campus of the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.
		This museum was founded in 1881 and is considered on the oldest visual arts institution.
		Pergamon Museum of Islamic Art has a permanent exhibition of artwork ranging from the 8th to 19th century.
	www.albany.edu /~sg0068/isp523/museum.html (319 words)

	Marcus Aurelius: Conserving an Ancient Sculpture (Getty Museum)
		This collaborative project between the Pergamon Museum in Berlin and the J. Paul Getty Museum explored the complexities and challenges of conserving ancient sculpture.
		In 1998, the J. Paul Getty Museum began a collaborative project with the Pergamon Museum in Berlin to conserve an important, life-size, ancient sculpture in their collection.
		It was then acquired by the Royal Cabinet collection of Berlin in 1791, and eventually displayed in the Pergamon Museum at the beginning of the 20th century.
	www.getty.edu /museum/conservation/partnerships/aurelius (754 words)

	Museums in Berlin
		The Pergamon Museum is Berlin's most famous museum.
		It's named after its most prized possession, the Pergamon Altar, which together with its frieze is a magnificent masterpiece of Hellenistic art of the 2nd century B.C. and certainly one of the wonders of the ancient world.
		Haus am Checkpoint Charlie, the Wall Museum, is nearby this once the most frequently used border crossing into East Berlin.
	www.angelfire.com /hi/qiao/berlinmuseum.html (400 words)

	Sightseeing Berlin Sightseeing Potsdam,Berlin City Tour Guide Potsdam, Guide Service, hotels, incoming, bus coach rent, ...
		It is also possible to do guided city tours via public transportation.
		You can include a visit to the Berlin Pergamon or Eygptian Museum in your tour.
		Our guides are professionals with special licenses for Museums and Palaces in Berlin and Potsdam.
	www.berlin-city-tour.com /en (745 words)

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