The world-renowned Pergamon Museum in Berlin houses three collections under a single roof: the Museum of the Ancient Near East, the Museum of Islamic Art and parts of the Collection of Classical Antiquities. Treasures spanning several millennia, most notably the unique full-scale reconstructions of ancient architecture - the Ishtar Gate and Processional Way of Babylon, the Mshatta Facade as well as the Pergamon Altar and the Market Gate from Miletus - draw 1.5 million visitors every year. In 1999 the Pergamon Museum and the Museum Island were added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage sites. With its concise texts and richly illustrated pages, this volume guides the reader through the magnificent collections.
Edition: 5
Publisher: Prestel
Year: 2022
Language: English
Pages: 189
Tags: Berlin, Pergamon Museum, Museum, Ancient art, Classical art
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Contents
The Pergamon Museum – a long building history
Collection of Classical Antiquities
The history of the collection
Excavations
Olympia
Pergamon
Magnesia on the Maeander
Priene
Miletus, Didyma, Myus
Samos
Baalbek
Hall of Hellenistic architecture
The Pergamon Altar
The Telephus Frieze
Hall of Roman architecture (Miletus Hall)
Museum of the Ancient Near East
The history of the collection
Southern Mesopotamia and neighbouring Iran
Iran
Northern Mesopotamia and neighbouring Urartu
Urartu
Northern Syria and Anatolia
Writing
Museum of Islamic art
The history of the collection
The Umayyads (661-750)
The Abbasids and Samarra (750-1258)
The Mediterranean world at the time of the Fatimids (909-1171)
Iran and Central Asia in the 9th-13th centuries
The Rum Seljuks (1071-1307) and their capital, Konya
The Ayyubids and Mamluks in Syria and Egypt (1171-1517)
Arabs and Berbers on the Iberian Peninsula (711-1492)
The Il-Khanids and Timurids in Iran (1258-1506)
The Mshatta Palace Façade
The Sasanians (224-651)
Book arts
Carpets
The Safavids in Iran (1501-1737)
The Ottomans (1300-1922)
The Aleppo Room
