Staatliche Museen zu Berlin: Video Series and Films

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The Germanic Tribes. Archaeological Perspectives © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte — **The Germanic Tribes. Archaeological Perspectives** © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte

Video Series: Germanic pictures

**The Germanic Tribes. Archaeological Perspectives, Exhibition view, James-Simon-Galerie, 2020** © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker

Video Series: The Germanic Tribes. Archaeological Perspectives

**Still from the films about James Simon** © James Simon-Stiftung / art/beats

Video Series: James Simon. The greatest patron of Berlin's museums

Video Series and Films from the James-Simon-Galerie

Exhibition Trailers from the James-Simon-Galerie

Aramaic papyrus with the story of the sage and chancellor Achiker, detail, papyrus with black ink, 5th century BC, Elephantine, Egypt — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung

Elephantine. Island of the Millennia

Archaeological Treasures of Uzbekistan

The Worlds of Schliemann. His Life. His Discoveries. His Legacy

Films about the collections at the James-Simon-Galerie

August Gaul’s "Reclining Lion" in the foyer of the James-Simon-Galerie — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker

Backstories | The Lion in the James-Simon-Galerie

Willi Döring: James Simon at His Desk in His Study (1901) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Volker-H. Schneider — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Gemäldegalerie / Volker-H. Schneider

James Simon. His love for the ancient cultures of the Orient and Ancient Egypt

James Simon. First donation to the Kaiser Friedrich Museum

Video Series from the James-Simon-Galerie

Video Series: Germanic pictures

Video Series: The Germanic Tribes. Archaeological Perspectives

Video Series: James Simon. The greatest patron of Berlin's museums

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