Babylon was a city famous for many things, but most notable was its wondrous architecture. Both the Tower of Babel and the Hanging Gardens were associated with the city and referenced in many historic ...

Berlin’s Pergamon Museum has rejected calls to return the giant altar to its place of origin. Visitors look at the frescos and the Pergamon altar in the altar room at Pergamon Museum in Berlin, ...

Restoration work at the Temple of Ninmakh involved fixing not just war-related damage, but also ill-conceived repairs undertaken last century Photo: Hadani Ditmars Mentioned in the sacred texts of all ...

The Ishtar Gate, named after a Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, was one of eight gateways that provided entry to the inner city of Babylon during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (reign 605-562 B.C ...

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Note: The Pergamon Museum will be closed beginning in October 2023 for extensive renovations. It will reopen in spring 2027, according to the museum’s website. The Pergamon Museum, located on ...

The August heat made Berlin feel like Baghdad. Inside the Pergamon Museum, and constructed specially for the travelling Babylon show, were narrow winding ways impenetrable to air conditioning. In ...

Many people who travel return with small mementoes, souvenirs that remind them of their memorable time away from home. From 1878 to 1886, Carl Humann, a German archeologist, did just that after ...

Berlin's celebrated Pergamon museum will close for two weeks starting today to allow for scaffolding to be set up to repair its ceilings, management said yesterday. Renovation work on the so-called ...

BERLIN — Berlin is a treasure-trove of ancient relics, cultural artifacts and priceless art, boasting more than 175 museums, but its main attractions are housed on the breathtaking Museuminsel (Museum ...