Nefertiti, rebuilt from the ruins of war.
Berlin, Germany Founded 1855
Opened in 1855 on Berlin's Museum Island, the Neues Museum was bombed in the Second World War and stood in ruins for decades. The architect David Chipperfield rebuilt it, keeping the scars of war, and it reopened in 2009.
It is home to Berlin's Egyptian collection and its museum of prehistory, including one of the most famous portraits ever made.
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The town that gave a whole civilization its name.
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Buddhist treasures from the valley of Udyana.
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Tutankhamun's full treasure, beside the Pyramids of Giza.
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The Ottoman Empire's first museum, in the palace gardens.
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The Parthenon's treasures, in sight of the Parthenon.
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Where Alexander's Greeks met the monks of Gandhara.
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The world's oldest public museum, on Rome's sacred hill.
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A planned city, 4,500 years old, on the banks of the Indus.
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Five thousand years of South Asia under one red-brick roof.
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The old pink palace of the pharaohs on Tahrir Square.
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The life of the Buddha, told in Gandhara stone.
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Persepolis, Susa and seven thousand years of Persia.