| Berlin Photos 4 |
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| Inside the Pergamon Museum, this huge altar faced the towering Ishtar Gate |
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| A detail of one of the friezes decorating the Pergamon Altar, depicting the battle between the Greek gods and the Giants |
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| At left, a section of a mosaic that used to decorate a rich Roman's dining room over 2,000 years ago. At right, the reconstructed Ishtar Gate, of the famed Biblical city of Babylon |
| At left, one of two guardian structures that marked the entry to King Nebuchadnezzar's bedchambers (Babylonian, from the Mesopotamian region) |
| September, 2002 |
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