"The classical Neues Museum is home to several collections from the Ancient World, from the Paleolithic period to the Middle Ages—but it’s best known as Berlin’s unofficial Egyptian museum: It showcases art, artifacts, statues, vessels, manuscripts on papyrus, as well as magnificent burial chambers from Egypt dating from around 2500 BC. There are around 9,000 objects on view, but a few stars including the bust of Nefertiti, the ancient Berlin Green Head sculpture, and the Berlin Gold Hat—a ceremonial gold headdress stamped with celestial bodies—draw the crowds. The mummies in the basement are also a favorite. And the structure of the Neues itself is a testament to the damage levied upon Berlin during World War II bombings: the building was restructured from rubble in ways that visibly exhibit the repairs and the oldest parts of the neoclassical building, which dates back to 1859." - Jennifer Ceaser
