North of the Neues Museum is the Pergamon Museum (Pergamonmuseum) (Sat-Thu. 9.00-18.00, pt. 10.00-18.00), accessible from Kupfergraben on the southern bank of the Spree. It is a massive structure erected at the beginning of this century, to contain the treasures that German archaeologists plundered in the world of antiquity.
The museum is divided into four sections, the most important of which is the section of antiquity with the Altar of Pergamon; this enormous structure dedicated to Zeus and Athena dates from 180-160 year BCE. and was kicked out in Turkey, and then taken to Berlin in 1903 year. There are also other monuments of Hellenistic architecture (albeit on a smaller scale), such as the Market Gate of the city of Miletus and numerous examples of Greek sculpture. The West Asian department contains exhibits from Babylonia numbering over 4000 thousands of years; the giant gate of the goddess Ishtar, The Babylonian Way and the façade of the throne room are relics from the reign of Nebokadnezar II in the 6th century. p.n.e. The Islamic department includes the facade of the Jordanian castle, which is the Turkish Sultan. he gave the emperor William II and a number of smaller ones, but equally impressive exhibits from Arabia and Persia. Finally, the collections from the Far East include pottery, period enamels and jade carvings 4000 thousand years.
At the northeastern end of the Museumsinsel is the Bode-museum, housed in impressive, not to say overwhelming, a neo-baroque building erected at the turn of the century. The collections themselves are very traditional and divided into several separate museums. Egyptian museum (papyrus collections) include art and papyrus manuscripts from the period from 5000 year BCE. to the 3rd century BC. and mummies, items placed in graves, wall friezes, weapons and jewelry. The Early Christian and Byzantine sections have extensive collections of works, mostly of a religious nature, from the pre-medieval eastern Mediterranean. It's worth taking a look at the 6th-century mosaic from the Church of San Michelle in Ravenna, Orthodox icons and an exhibition of Coptic art. In the picture gallery you will find unremarkable collections of German masters, Italian, Dutch and Flemish. The Museum of Ancient and Early History is more interesting, in which there are archaeological excavations from the period up to the 11th and 12th centuries, including the collection of Heinrich Schliemann, consisting of exhibits excavated in the 19th century by the great German architect at the site, where ancient Troy once stood. Unfortunately, the best part of Schliemann's collection was destroyed during the war under the rubble of the supposedly inviolable tower in Tiergarten. The sculpture gallery has works from the 12th to 18th centuries, with some interesting works from the late German Gothic and early Italian Renaissance periods.
From the Bodemuseum, return to Marx-Engels-Platz. The cathedral is adjacent to the Altes Museum (Berlin Cathedral) erected by order of Emperor Wilhelm II in the 1894-1905 on the site of the eighteenth-century predecessor, with a characteristic dome and towers. It was to serve the Hohenzollern family as a family church, in the crypt are the remains of some members of that year. During the war, the building was seriously damaged, but after a long reconstruction it was restored to its former form. Opposite the cathedral stands the Palace of the Republic (Palace of the Republic), which housed the Volkskammer, GDR parliament and entertainment complex with restaurants, cafes, theater and bowling alley (we do not recommend any of these places). This enormous angular structure with bronze mirrored windows was erected in a thousand days and was a source of pride for the GDR authorities.. On the southern tip of the island there is an area called Fischerinsel (Fisherman's Island), where there is another housing estate consisting of high-rise buildings, built in the seventies. Considering the propaganda nature of this project, the estate is extremely carelessly built, when you look at it closely.