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Bahr Yusuf in Medinet el-Fayum (Egypt), Georg Schweinfurth, who accompanied Heinrich Schliemann and Rudolf Virchow on their journey in the Fayum in 1888, sitting on the bank on the left.
Bahr Yusuf in Medinet el-Fayum (Egypt), Georg Schweinfurth, who accompanied Heinrich Schliemann and Rudolf Virchow on their journey in the Fayum in 1888, sitting on the bank on the left. © private (with kind permission) / Photo: Rudolf Virchow, 1888

On Paths Untrodden

Georg Schweinfurth and His Significance for the Collections of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

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23.05.2025 to 08.02.2026

The ‘Crown of Kerch’. This diadem of a noble lady was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Kerch, in the ancient city of Panticapaion, Crimea. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century AD.
The ‘Crown of Kerch’. This diadem of a noble lady was discovered in a Migration-period tomb in Kerch, in the ancient city of Panticapaion, Crimea. It is inlayed with red, garnet gemstones. Late 4th/1st half of 5th Century AD. © Römisch-Germanisches Museum/Rheinisches Bildarchiv Cologne

The Crown of Kerch

Treasures from the Dawn of European History

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19.10.2017 to 22.09.2027

Büste der Königin Nofretete, Neues Reich, 18. Dynastie, Amarna, Ägypten, Um 1340 v. Chr.
Büste der Königin Nofretete, Neues Reich, 18. Dynastie, Amarna, Ägypten, Um 1340 v. Chr. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / Jürgen Liepe

Ancient Egypt

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The Berlin Gold Hat is decorated with various types of circular ornamentation, which can be explained as a lunisolar calendar, i.e., a calendar based on both the sun and the moon. It represents the connection between cult, knowledge and material wealth.
The Berlin Gold Hat is decorated with various types of circular ornamentation, which can be explained as a lunisolar calendar, i.e., a calendar based on both the sun and the moon. It represents the connection between cult, knowledge and material wealth. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Plamp

Prehistory and early history

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Swords and lance, Bronze. 9.-8. Century BC, Stölln
Swords and lance, Bronze. 9.-8. Century BC, Stölln © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Klaus Göken

Stone Age, Bronze Age, Iron Age

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A cross-section sample of the finds from the Treasure of Neupotz, 2nd half of the 3rd century AD
A cross-section sample of the finds from the Treasure of Neupotz, 2nd half of the 3rd century AD © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Claudia Klein

Treasures from the Rhine: The Barbarian Treasure of Neupotz

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