Masterpieces of Neues Museum, Berlin

The bust of Nefertiti - Nordkuppelsaal. Neues Museum, Berlin.

Armoured cavalryman. Silver, from the hacksilver find at the Lisów mill, formally Leissow, (Lisów, Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland), 10th century AD. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Claudia Plamp

Berlin Green Head. Late Period, 30th Dynasty, around 350 BC. Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Margarete Büsing

Golden ceremonial hat with circular ornamentation, gold sheet, location of find unknown, 9–8th century BC. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Klaus Göken

Trojan silver - Silver vessels from the treasure finds at Troy, around 2500 BC. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Claudia Plamp

Sarg der Hat, Ptolemäisch, 2. Jh. v. Chr. Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Foto: Sandra Steiß

Vessels – ceramic, with carved decorations, Merseburg and Almrich, 6th/early 5th century BC. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Claudia Plamp

Head of Akhenaten, New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, around 1340 BC. Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Margarete Büsing

Marble colossal statue of the God Helios, Egypt, Roman Empire, late 2nd century AD. Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Johannes Laurentius

Bronze statue of the Xanten Youth (from the Rhine near Xanten / Lüttingen), Early Roman Empire, 1st century AD. Collection of Classical Antiquities / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Johannes Laurentius

Burial urns from Wulfen, Ceramic, Sachsen-Anhalt, around 1200 BC. Museum of Prehistory and Early History / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Claudia Plamp

King Akhenaten, Queen Nefertiti and three daughters. Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Margarete Büsing

Cypriot tank cart from Kition. Bronze, 11th/10th century BC. Collection of Classical Antiquities / SMB. Neues Museum, Berlin. Photo: Ingrid Geske

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