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  • brandenburg-gate.jpg - The always-crowded Brandenburg Gate is a neoclassical monument in Berlin built in the 1700s.
  • horses-chariot-eagle-atop-brandenburg-gate.jpg - Brandenburg Gate is topped off with a statue known as the “Quadriga,” a statue of the goddess of victory driving a chariot pulled by four horses.
  • Temple-relief-of-falcon-headed-sungod-Aten.jpg - Temple relief of falcon-headed sungod Aten (lower left) and pharaoh Amenhotep IV, 1353 B.C. at the Neues Museum.
  • bust-of-a-king.jpg - Bust of a king, possibly Tutankhamen, dates to 1335 B.C. Seen at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Reichstag-building.jpg - The west portal of the Reichstag building in Berlin. The inscription across the entrance says, “The German people.”
  • National-Gallery-on-Museum-Island-in-Berlin-1.jpg - The National Gallery (Der Deutschen Kunst) building in Berlin is a museum with art of the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries.
  • berlin-wall-graffiti.jpg - The graffiti-lined Berlin Wall used to divide East and West Berlin until it came down in 1990.
  • east-german-soldier.jpg - Peter Leibing's 1961 photo of an East German border guard who successfully escaped but later committed suicide adorns the side of a building at the Berlin Wall.
  • Visitors-to-Neues-Museum.jpg - Visitors to the Neues Museum admire reliefs on the ceiling and walls.
  • Statue-of-Hor-sa-Tutu.jpg - Statue of Hor-sa-Tutu, commander in chief of troops in Lower Egypt, dated to 50-150 B.C., at the Neues.
  • Head-of-a-statue-of-a-queen.jpg - Head of a statue of a queen, Nefertiti or Merit-Aten, dating to 1335 to 1340 B.C. at the Neues Museum.
  • chief-steward-of-Amun.jpg - The chief steward of Amun, Sen-en-Mut, and princess Neferu-Re, dating to 1457-1479 B.C. at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Statue-in-Neues-Museum.jpg - A statue at the Neues Museum in Berlin, seen during a Viking Sun cruise.
  • Sarcophagus-in-Neues-Museum.jpg - Egyptian sarcophagus in the Neues Museum.
  • Scribe-statue-of-Sobek-hotep-chief-of-the-treasury.jpg - Egyptian scribe statue of Sobek-hotep, chief of the treasury, dated to 1397-1428 B.C. at the Neues.
  • konzerthaus-berlin.jpg - Konzerthaus Berlin is a concert hall on Gendarmenmarkt square in the central Mitte district of Berlin.
  • french-cathedral-berlin.jpg - The French Cathedral (Französischer Dom), or French Church of Friedrichstadt, dates to 1705 in downtown Berlin.
  • checkpoint-charlie.jpg - Now a tourist attraction, Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known Berlin Wall crossing point between East Berlin and West Berlin during the Cold War.
  • berlin-wall-tribute.jpg - A tribute at the Berlin Wall marks the deaths of East Germans who attempted to escape to the West.
  • berlin-architecture3.jpg - Some of the colorful buildings in downtown Berlin.
  • Scribe-of-the-granary-Der-sendj.jpg - Scribe of the granary Der-sendj and his wife Nefret-ka, circa 2400 B.C. in the Egyptian collection at the Neues Museum.
  • Crypt-in-Neues-Museum.jpg - An ancient Egyptian crypt at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Reliefs-in-Neues-Museum.jpg - Reliefs in the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Kneeling-figure-of-Setau.jpg - Kneeling figure of Setau, viceroy of Kush, holding a stela, during the reign of Egyptian pharaoh Ramses II, 1213-1279 B.C. At the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Head-of-a-statue-of-a-princess.jpg - Head of a statue of an ancient Egyptian princess at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • angel-footbridge.jpg - An angel helps hold up a footbridge crossing in downtown Berlin.
  • National-Gallery-on-Museum-Island-in-Berlin.jpg - Part of the scene on Museum Island in Berlin.
  • neues-museum-statue.jpg - A statue at the Neues Museum in Berlin, seen during a Viking Sun cruise.
  • Family-group-of-Ptah-mai.jpg - Family group of Ptah-mai, chief of the Wab-priests of Ptah, during the dynasty of Ramses II, 1213-1279 B.C., at the Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • Colossal-statue-of-Helios.jpg - Colossal statue of Helios, dating to 138-161 A.D., in Neues Museum in Berlin.
  • bowl-Caesar-envoy.jpg - A bowl made in Urbino, Italy, around 1570 depicts Caesar’s envoy in the camp of Pompey the Great, a military leader of the late Roman Republic.

Berlin and Egyptian art in photos

Remember this? It's called travel. I used to do it all the time and hope to begin again very soon. I came across some quality photos I took a bit over a year ago on a Viking Sun ocean cruise and decided to create a two-part visual list (more tomorrow).

As it happens, Berlin is not a staple of many cruise itineraries, given that it's more than two hours' distance from the Baltic Sea port of Warnemunde. But on our Viking cruise, we opted for what turned into a relaxing train ride to and from downtown Berlin — Viking managed to reserve the entire train for more than 300 guests. 

We wound up spending nearly five hours in Berlin and took in such landmarks as the Brandenburg Gate, the central Mitte district, the Berlin Wall, Checkpoint Charlie and a drive-by of the Reichstag. But the highlight came in two museums:

  • the Neues (German for "New") Museum, which has a fantastic collection of ancient Egyptian art, and
  • the Altes Museum for a wide collection of ancient Greek and Etruscan art (look for part two on Thursday).

Here are more than 30 shots of Berlin, including some of the classic works at the Neues. 

JD Lasica
I'm Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of Cruiseable. Follow your cruise bliss to any land where it may lead. Let's connect! I'm @jdlasica on Twitter.

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