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The Pergamon Museum, Berlin, around 1930. Image courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

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The Pergamon Altar, around 1930. Image courtesy of the German Federal Archive.

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The Pergamon Museum today. The building, patterned after the shape of the Pergamon Altar, is part of Museum Island on the River Spree in Berlin.

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The Pergamon Altar today.

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View from the top of the altar. In the background: cameraman Lior Sperandeo, reporter Scott Ross, and the bored security guard assigned to watch us.

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The altar is surrounded by marble friezes on all sides.

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The friezes on the Pergamon Altar portray the Gigantomachy, the epic battle between the Greek gods and the giants. In this relief, the gods Zeus, Hecate and Artemis battle serpent-monsters from the underworld.

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Athena and Nike battle the giant Alkyoneus, while his mother Gaia rises up from the underworld to defend him.

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The lion goddess Ceto attacks a giant.

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Two of the Greek “Fates” attack two giants.

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Zeus battles three giants.

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Serpents were a large part of worship in ancient Pergamum.

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An unidentified statue from ancient Pergamum.

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An unidentified Roman statue from Pergamum. The head originally belonged to a different body, but proved to be a good fit for this statue.

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View of Museum Island in Berlin. Pictured here is the Bode Museum. On the far right, you can see the columns of the Pergamon Museum.

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The Reichstag, or German parliament building, in Berlin. The German inscription is a dedication “To the German people.”

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