The Vorderasiatisches Museum (Museum of the Ancient Near East) in the Pergamonmuseum is one of the most important museums of oriental antiquities in the world, along with the Louvre and the British Museum. On 2000 square metres of exhibition space, it conveys an impression of the 6000 years of history, culture and art in the Near East.
The exhibits, some of which were excavated by German scientists, come from the Sumerian, Babylonian, Assyrian and North Syrian-East Anatolian regions, today's Iraq, Syria and Turkey. World-famous are the reconstructions of the huge magnificent buildings of Babylon, the Processional Way, the Ishtar Gate and the throne room façade of King Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC), for which glazed original bricks were used, assembled from numerous fragments.
Outstanding works of ancient pre-Asian monumental architecture of the 3rd and 2nd millennium BC are the reconstructed temple facades from Uruk. Clay tablets and seals from Uruk provide information about the beginnings of the development of writing in the 4th millennium BC and about the art and culture of the Sumerians. Also remarkable are the Assyrian palace reliefs from Kalchu (9th century BC), the temporary capital of Assyria. Vessels, jewellery, utensils, clay and stone reliefs, tiles and small sculptural works attest to the artistic and craft skills of the Assyrians in the 2nd/1st millennium BC.
The Pergamonmuseum is currently completely closed for renovation.
Am Kupfergraben 5, 10117 Berlin
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