Babylon in Berlin

Berlin to Baghdad

Babylon: Myth and Truth. Pergamon Museum, Museum Island, Berlin until October 5, an exhibition of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with the Musée du Louvre and Réunion des musées nationaux in Paris and the British Museum. Curated by the Vorderasiatisches Museum and the Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, supported by the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin.

Striding lion, Babylon, sixth century BC, clay tiles, baked and glazed in various colours, Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin