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, ...

The ancient Greek city of Pergamon was a major center of culture and learning of the Hellenistic world, standing out for its ...

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.

The Berlin institution with a spectacular, but disputed, centerpiece closes next week for a refurbishment that won’t be complete until 2037. By Thomas Rogers Reporting from Berlin Even wrapped in ...

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"This catalogue is published with the exhibition Pergamon: The Telephos Frieze from the Great Altar, organized by the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in ...