Closed for renovations until 2019, Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has sent the Met its greatest marbles and effigies from the centuries after Alexander the Great, resulting in this epic study of how Greek ...

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s Pergamon Museum, traditionally one of the German capital’s top tourist attractions, will reopen next year after the first part of a painstaking restoration effort that has kept ...

Examination of skeletons unearthed in the ancient city of Pergamon in western Turkey shows that locals living 2,000 years ago had a diet based on carbohydrates and plants, according to scientists. A ...

Pergamon was founded in the 3rd century B.C. Its location in the Aegean Region, the heart of the Antique World, and at the crossroads between Europe and the Middle East destined it to be an important ...

Unearthed in the 19th century in what is now Turkey, the Altar of Pergamon has been on display in Berlin since 1901. This documentary traces the eventful history of this masterpiece of antiquity.

A costly and lengthy renovation project in Berlin's most visited museum has turned into another construction nightmare. The monumental Pergamon Altar will move into a temporary exhibition in the ...

I was in a hilltop theatre built for 10,000 people, one that had one of the most striking backdrops I had ever seen. The sun, sliding low toward the earth in the west, lit up a mosaic of olive groves ...

The famous Pergamon Altar has been inaccessible to the public since 2014. A wing of the restored museum will reopen in 2027. Until then, here's a sneak peek.As part of the UNESCO-listed Museum Island, ...

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