Name of Object:

Pergamon altar

Other name of the Object (second name):

Main hall of the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, reconstruction of the great altar with many original pieces

Location:

Berlin, Germany

Holding Institution:

Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums

 About Museum of Islamic Art at the Pergamon Museum, State Museums, Berlin

Date of Object:

170 BC; discovered in 1864

Description:

The Pergamon Museum building owes its name to a spectacular finding in Turkey. The story of this discovery of the past starts in 1864 with the German engineer Carl Humann, who urged the Berlin museums to undertake proper excavations when he saw local lime burners burning ancient remains on the acropolis. The subsequent research unveiled important remains of Hellenistic art. With the museum opening in 1930 and the architectural reconstructions of the Ancient, Hellenistic, Roman and Islamic Middle East the museum developed in one of the most famous institutions of its kind.

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Altar; archaeological find

Citation of this web page:

Stefan Weber "Pergamon altar" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;de;1;en

Prepared by: Stefan Weber

MWNF Working Number: DE 001