Showing posts with label Great Altar of Pergamum. Show all posts
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Thursday, July 6, 2017

Figure 66

© 2017 David E. Graves
The remains of the Altar of Zeus. The structure around the altar is actually not a temple but an open air altar. The two trees mark the location of the altar, but the structure which surrounded it is now in the Staatliche (formerly Pergamum) Museum in Berlin.

Figure 65

Pergamum museum, Berlin, Germany
© Photo by Raimond Spekking
The Great Altar of Pergamum. Some of the details, researched by Otto Puchstein based on coins, may not be accurate.

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