Pergamonmuseum Berlin. Collection of Classical Antiquities, Museum of the Ancient Near East, Museum of Islamic Art

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. Cover 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