Art of living. Pergamon museum.

I love museums. But more than museums themselves I love the feeling I experience there...

It's like a time capsule. Every person suddenly has time just to be, to observe, to breathe, to listen and read, to discuss and to think. Usually, we are running somewhere or thinking about where we should run next. But not in a museum. People are walking slowly, stopping from time to time to experience something new. Isn’t it how it should be in life?

Anyway. We bought annual tickets to all Berlin museums for 25€. Unbelievable right? It's almost free. Will put into a schedule that if not every weekend than a couple of times a month we will go there to learn again how to live. And of course, discover some incredible treasures of the World.

Our first museum was Pergamon. The most famous one on Museum Island. To go there one needs to book time ahead. Unfortunately, the most important piece Pergamon Altar was closed for renovation. But we had a chance to see amazing Market Gate of Milete and Ishtar Gate.

Market Gate of Milete was built in the second century AD in the style of a theatre facade with three archways. It measures 29 meters wide and 17 meters high (95 x 56 ft). In the Middle Ages, the gate was damaged by an earthquake then again during World War Two. However, over half of it has been built with the rubble from the original and it remains a stunning example of ancient Roman architecture with tall Corinthian columns towering over those who stand before it.

Ishtar Gate of Babylon was built under King Nebuchadnezzar II (605—562 BC) in what is now the Near East. The gate is decorated with blue-enameled tiles and animal reliefs. The processional street, which was 250 meters long, is also decorated with enameled tiles and animal figures, which portrayed Babylonian gods. Most of the tiles and reliefs are original.