Thanks Curtis for showing so many wonderful ancient treasures from the Berlin Museums. The Pergamon Museum must be my favourite. The Ishtar Gate and the Pergamon altar blow my mind! Best, David
Wow ! So many splendid things to take in, in particular the stunning last museum with the lion tiled wall and the lapis lazuli gate. Your enthusiasm is catching, I am definitely planning a long weekend in Berlin at Christmas.
Hi Curtis, I just wanted to tell that even though I can’t afford to be a patron, I love tuning in for your videos. Your documentaries are beautiful. Your passion and personality shine brightly in todays dark world. Thank you for sharing.
So interesting for a mere vlog, thank you for brining us along. Your husband is right in a way to stay it's stolen - but it's been recovered, restored and preserved and shared with all of humanity. Otherwise it might have been lost and forgotten, no?
When I lived in Germany, everyone wore a gold chain necklace with a gold Nefertiti head...and most of the people I talked to had never been to the museum or knew anything about her. I loved all of the museum highlights that you filmed. Thanks for sharing!
Where did you lived? I'm from Berlin & have never seen anyone with a Nefertiti necklace and every Berliner I know knows Nefertiti, so at least the bust & that it's Egyptian, not necessarily the story. Seems like you've met some very strange people in Germany 🙈
Absolutely stunning! Considering the bits you have shown us, the coming documentaries will be amazing! Yes, Filippo touched on a difficult topic: the acquiring of artifacts by means that we no longer consider appropriate. It is very complicated and is with out easy answers. The taking of another culture's heritage is inherently wrong, but the fact that these things were saved and are able to be seen by so many, also preserves the very heritage they were taken from.
Yes! Thank you Lawrence. Its a tough question, but some are legally there, and some have just been taken for the sake of taking something, so we have to evaluate it from different times
Oh yes, a very difficult & sensitive subject. Especially if you think about it further. Could Abu Simbel, the temple of Philae and others have been saved if there hadn't been worldwide interest in them, especially in Europe? Would there have been this interest if people had not been able to see any of Egypt's outstanding objects with their own eyes in the museums? I think rather not. There would probably have been too few to take an interest & these magnificent buildings would probably have sunk like numerous other temples in the floods of Lake Nasser & been destroyed forever. Another example are the sculptures of the Acropolis in Athens. Those on site are extremely affected by air pollution & smog, if you compare them with the "stolen" ones in the museums it is a tragedy what has been lost because it was not conserved. This in no way makes up for the injustice that has been done, but it is also given little attention in the discussion.
Your videos are visually stunning, so beautiful. I had no idea that that Berlin museum was so amazing! I need to get back to Europe. Thank you for the video Curtis. Have a wonderful week!
I am so jealous. For years now I have wanted one of the busts of Nefertiti. The Buddhist artwork is stunning as well. Art History and Archaology are two of my favorite subjects. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂🇨🇦
Berlin Museum highlights fantastic beautiful egyptian pieces the Ishtar gate is soo amazing and yes there is a lot of lapis. It is on my bucket list to visit some of Berlin's Museum, I think I might know of the piece that you got from the Gipsformerei place It looks like the small head of Queen Tiye that Flinders Petrie found in the Sinai. I have a book on the Masterpiece from the Gipsformerei that has some beautiful piece in it.
As a Berliner and museologist, I regularly visit the museums, especially my favourites (Altes Museum & Neues Museum) and I absolutely agree with you, I would save Tiye too. I personally find her even more beautiful and impressively crafted than the Nefertiti bust, unfortunately it tends to be passed over by many. Oh yes, one should inform oneself beforehand about which museums one wants to visit! A few years ago, when Beyoncé was in Berlin to give a concert, she turned up at the Bodemuseum (with a huge escort & hoo-ha, of course) and wanted to see Nefertiti... someone must not have done their homework. In the museums, colleagues still laugh heartily about it to this day 🤣🤣🤣 It would be understandable to look for Cleopatra in the Neues Museum, but that was very absurd. (For all who don´t know the Museums, the Bode Museum contains mainly Byzantine art, in the Neues Museum is the Egyptian collection, including Nefertiti and in the Altes Museum is the antiquities collection with Etruscan, Greek and Roman objects, where you also find Cleopatra). Oh yes, the Ishtar Gate is incredibly impressive and also the temples in the Pergamonmuseum! Thanks again for this great vlog. It was very special for me because I know the museums so well myself. And it was great that you were able to visit the depots of the Gipsformerei! I am very excited about the upcoming documentaries! Edit: Because it's coming up a lot in the comments: Most of the objects were acquired through excavations with contracts and permits, some are bought or given to electors. Definitely not all. And even with purchases & excavations, the countries of origin were often overreached in the past (as with Nefertiti). Nobody in the museum world in Germany I talked with denies this or thinks it's okay. But the idea that the Germans only stole everything from everywhere is factually wrong, there are contracts for most (definitely not all) objects and the museums are constantly working hard to identify and return the objects that were actually stolen, such as recently the Benin bronzes and many other objects from various cultures. It is a work-intensive, complicated and slow process that will continue for a long time. Were the contracts of the past fair? No. Are they therefore worthy of discussion? Definitely! Does that make the objects stolen because certain objects are now given much more importance by the countries of origin than they were 100 years ago when these contracts were concluded? Not according to today´s legal understanding. Would it be better if we could finally come to a fair agreement with the countries of origin and get these things out of the way? Definitely! Nice vlog & I look foreward to the next one & the documentaries.
🥰Thank you for your very informative reply! Theres such a wealth of information resulting from these vlogs!💕💕(Germany wasn’t the only country with questionable contracts & permits) I visited Berlin for the 1st time in January 2020. I only had time for 1 museum……die Gemäldegalerie which was very impressive!! Now my niece lives in Berlin with her wife (who has family there) so I hope I can return often and visit more of these incredible treasures!!!!
So the gates of Babylon beautiful ‘stolen’ now live in Berlin amazing to all of these artefacts I had to giggle 🤭 along Philipa I have never been to Berlin so I have enjoyed these vlogs very much, Thank you Curtis I just love all the history, you do it so well. Cheers🥂
Buongiorno ciao Curtis and Fillipo after viewing this vlog I’m left speechless such majesty Queen T so grand civilisations on full glorious view the gateways lapis Azul statues huge colosseums majestic statues from India my breath stopped instantly transported back in time another lifetime and then the lovely walks meals shared with your love Fillipo Grazie Mille Curtis will rewatch Have a fabulous week the next chapter exciting my day is complete Amore😘😘💖💖👌👌🌟🌟
@@CurtisRyanWoodside the gates of Babylon just breathtaking you are the master of bringing all the wonders of civilisations to us all Amore my dear friend😘😘💖💖🌟🌟
Curtis, Thank you for showing the incredible and beautiful Nefertiti! She is so powerful and stunning. A great tour and I appreciate Phillipo expressing the fact that the Germans stole these ancient works. Mind blowing if you think about the removal of the all the lapis tile and reassembling them. Be well, love from the ocean of MA🐳
thanks again, I find that you're a tease by saying that some of the items will be shown in a documentary later on. lol now I'm really looking forward to it as I do for all your videos thanks again
I have just been following you since seeing your 3 part documentary on Egypt and have been taken away by your life in Italy and your family vlog. I have watched most of your films. I'm sure looking forward to your next documentary film. I can't wait to see it because you've got me curious to see the statue in the Berlin museum that you would not share in your latest vlog. You mentioned Iran in your last vlog post. Have you been there? I went there many years ago and saw the Shahs palace in Tehran. It is amazing. There is also huge building in Massad which they light up at night which is about worth the price of the tickets to Iran.
@@CurtisRyanWoodside I went to Iran with my husband. In the 30+ years we've been together, I've only been there two times. We've been trying to get back for a while, but, covid happened and it's proving to be difficult. You are young. If you want to go, you should. I've been to Iran, but I've never been to Egypt. I want to but I will not be able to go in person which is why I like to watch documentary film and read books. When you get to Iran, you should go to out of the way places to visit. Isfahan, Mashad, Persepolis great ancient cities. See the statues and mosques. I loved Isfahan the best but Persepolis was good too. When will your next documentary be finished? I am looking forward to seeing it.
Nice vlog curtis loved parts on egypt gate with lapiz was beautiful I agree about stuff be took from all over Do you feel it should be returned to country it came from?
Hi CR. Stephanie will like the Spode plates. Filippo is right they stole everything in many places. I love the wall with the Lions. When I get my Palace, I will have a wall built like that ☺The Lapis gate is huge and so beautiful. The Buddhist gate to the dojo is wonderful. Thanks for the tour CR it was great. The people back in those days didn't have the tools builders have today but all the things they did build are so much more beautiful. I think we like seeing all that because it's a reminder of our past lives. Ciao 🙏🙏🙏
🤩Curtis, you do look a bit like king Sargon!! The lapis lazuli wall is mind boggling!!!! Especially when you consider it had to be taken apart & rebuilt again inside the museum! I can’t wait for the tour of Schloss Sanssouci!😍
It wasn’t found complete, but in ten thousands of tiny pieces in the soil, put in wooden boxes, transported to Berlin and put together in years of work like a mega puzzle. The reconstruction efforts of the staff of these museums have created themselves artwork with artworks so to say. Letting the Ishtar Gate look so good, including e.g. the colorwise smooth and delicate transition of newly burned tiles to the original ones is a work of high craftmenship.
Did they still it ? Centuries ago there were no protections in place for such things and they were often sold in the markets much like the vase you found in the brocante. If you asked the Germans of the time I think they would say they were preserving the artifacts to be shared with the world. Much like the priest / curator who sent Stephanie a kings ransom in Native American jewelry , I believe the Indian tribes feel their heritage has been stolen.
Thanks for showing us this beauty But you said it was a good thing that this part of a sumerian Palace was stolen I don't thing it was a great job because it was part a of my culture, my persian culture which I respect the most As I should mention the fact that we persians really do take care of our culture and too bad we cant see a part of it in our country
I appreciate the efforts that is taken to take care of this sumerian Palace But i just don't like it to be stolen from my homeland it was my past i just feel sad..
Thanks Curtis for showing so many wonderful ancient treasures from the Berlin Museums. The Pergamon Museum must be my favourite. The Ishtar Gate and the Pergamon altar blow my mind! Best, David
The experience of visiting these museums in Berlin is mind boggling - the Ancient Roman structures overwhelmed me. And that gate!!!!
sooo much to see
Wow ! So many splendid things to take in, in particular the stunning last museum with the lion tiled wall and the lapis lazuli gate. Your enthusiasm is catching, I am definitely planning a long weekend in Berlin at Christmas.
It’s magical in the Pergamon museum !
I was quite emotional at the gates of ishtar as I would love to see those in person. Thankyou Curtis and Fillipo for showing us.
Hi Curtis, I just wanted to tell that even though I can’t afford to be a patron, I love tuning in for your videos. Your documentaries are beautiful. Your passion and personality shine brightly in todays dark world. Thank you for sharing.
Jenny, you dont have to be a patron to support me
So interesting for a mere vlog, thank you for brining us along. Your husband is right in a way to stay it's stolen - but it's been recovered, restored and preserved and shared with all of humanity. Otherwise it might have been lost and forgotten, no?
Andreas, so true, some pieces would have been destroyed by now in their original country, but some should go back
The lapis...just...wow!! TY for sharing this wonderful part of your trip with us! Looking forward to the next parts, and your documentaries!
More to come Cynthia!
A Classic Curtis film. Five stars. Really enjoyed.
When I lived in Germany, everyone wore a gold chain necklace with a gold Nefertiti head...and most of the people I talked to had never been to the museum or knew anything about her. I loved all of the museum highlights that you filmed. Thanks for sharing!
Where did you lived? I'm from Berlin & have never seen anyone with a Nefertiti necklace and every Berliner I know knows Nefertiti, so at least the bust & that it's Egyptian, not necessarily the story. Seems like you've met some very strange people in Germany 🙈
I did see Many locals wearing that necklace too
@@CurtisRyanWoodside Seems like there's a trend going on here that's completely lost on me 😅
Absolutely stunning! Considering the bits you have shown us, the coming documentaries will be amazing! Yes, Filippo touched on a difficult topic: the acquiring of artifacts by means that we no longer consider appropriate. It is very complicated and is with out easy answers. The taking of another culture's heritage is inherently wrong, but the fact that these things were saved and are able to be seen by so many, also preserves the very heritage they were taken from.
Yes! Thank you Lawrence. Its a tough question, but some are legally there, and some have just been taken for the sake of taking something, so we have to evaluate it from different times
Oh yes, a very difficult & sensitive subject. Especially if you think about it further.
Could Abu Simbel, the temple of Philae and others have been saved if there hadn't been worldwide interest in them, especially in Europe? Would there have been this interest if people had not been able to see any of Egypt's outstanding objects with their own eyes in the museums? I think rather not. There would probably have been too few to take an interest & these magnificent buildings would probably have sunk like numerous other temples in the floods of Lake Nasser & been destroyed forever.
Another example are the sculptures of the Acropolis in Athens. Those on site are extremely affected by air pollution & smog, if you compare them with the "stolen" ones in the museums it is a tragedy what has been lost because it was not conserved.
This in no way makes up for the injustice that has been done, but it is also given little attention in the discussion.
Oh wow! That lapis! Just everything ….. so beautiful. Thanks Curtis and Filipo. Xxx
my fave color is Lapis. Thanks Andrea!
Your videos are visually stunning, so beautiful. I had no idea that that Berlin museum was so amazing! I need to get back to Europe. Thank you for the video Curtis. Have a wonderful week!
thanks Daniel, indeed! 30 museums in Berlin to choose from!
I am so jealous. For years now I have wanted one of the busts of Nefertiti. The Buddhist artwork is stunning as well. Art History and Archaology are two of my favorite subjects. Thank you so much for sharing. 🙂🇨🇦
Dankie liewe Curtis
❤️ dankie Marietta !
Wow! Love it. Thank you two wonderful people. Traveling to Berlin gives you wonders from other civilizations
thanks for watching Loretta!
Berlin Museum highlights fantastic beautiful egyptian pieces the Ishtar gate is soo amazing and yes there is a lot of lapis. It is on my bucket list to visit some of Berlin's Museum, I think I might know of the piece that you got from the Gipsformerei place It looks like the small head of Queen Tiye that Flinders Petrie found in the Sinai. I have a book on the Masterpiece from the Gipsformerei that has some beautiful piece in it.
Can't wait to see what you're going to do with all the extra footage you were working on! 😊 👍
working on it as we speak
@@CurtisRyanWoodside 👍👍❤❤
That huge blue wall is breathtaking!
Thanks Curtis, this is fantastic xo
Thanks for watching Margaux !
Thank you again for another great video. Your interest, knowledge and presentation is spot on.
Thanks Chris!!!
What an absolute delight. I love a good museum visit and you are the perfect guide. Can’t wait for the documentaries.
Beautiful. Awesome. Thank you!
Glad you like it Catherine!!
Going to have to watch this again tomorrow 😎🪲
enjoy it again Christine !
As a Berliner and museologist, I regularly visit the museums, especially my favourites (Altes Museum & Neues Museum) and I absolutely agree with you, I would save Tiye too. I personally find her even more beautiful and impressively crafted than the Nefertiti bust, unfortunately it tends to be passed over by many.
Oh yes, one should inform oneself beforehand about which museums one wants to visit! A few years ago, when Beyoncé was in Berlin to give a concert, she turned up at the Bodemuseum (with a huge escort & hoo-ha, of course) and wanted to see Nefertiti... someone must not have done their homework. In the museums, colleagues still laugh heartily about it to this day 🤣🤣🤣 It would be understandable to look for Cleopatra in the Neues Museum, but that was very absurd. (For all who don´t know the Museums, the Bode Museum contains mainly Byzantine art, in the Neues Museum is the Egyptian collection, including Nefertiti and in the Altes Museum is the antiquities collection with Etruscan, Greek and Roman objects, where you also find Cleopatra).
Oh yes, the Ishtar Gate is incredibly impressive and also the temples in the Pergamonmuseum!
Thanks again for this great vlog. It was very special for me because I know the museums so well myself. And it was great that you were able to visit the depots of the Gipsformerei! I am very excited about the upcoming documentaries!
Edit:
Because it's coming up a lot in the comments:
Most of the objects were acquired through excavations with contracts and permits, some are bought or given to electors. Definitely not all. And even with purchases & excavations, the countries of origin were often overreached in the past (as with Nefertiti).
Nobody in the museum world in Germany I talked with denies this or thinks it's okay. But the idea that the Germans only stole everything from everywhere is factually wrong, there are contracts for most (definitely not all) objects and the museums are constantly working hard to identify and return the objects that were actually stolen, such as recently the Benin bronzes and many other objects from various cultures. It is a work-intensive, complicated and slow process that will continue for a long time.
Were the contracts of the past fair? No.
Are they therefore worthy of discussion? Definitely!
Does that make the objects stolen because certain objects are now given much more importance by the countries of origin than they were 100 years ago when these contracts were concluded? Not according to today´s legal understanding.
Would it be better if we could finally come to a fair agreement with the countries of origin and get these things out of the way? Definitely!
Nice vlog & I look foreward to the next one & the documentaries.
🥰Thank you for your very informative reply! Theres such a wealth of information resulting from these vlogs!💕💕(Germany wasn’t the only country with questionable contracts & permits)
I visited Berlin for the 1st time in January 2020. I only had time for 1 museum……die Gemäldegalerie which was very impressive!!
Now my niece lives in Berlin with her wife (who has family there) so I hope I can return often and visit more of these incredible treasures!!!!
Stupendo documentario! Bravo Curtis and bravo Filippo!
Thank you
Thanks Arne!!
So definitely worth a second viewing. A whole temple!!? Amazing vlog you two, thanks x 🪲
hehe hope you enjoy it a second time!
Me n Rich both 🤓🤓
❤️ the Pergamon and your knowledgeable tours. Hope you had a chance for some Berlin nightlife, a cabaret, and a canal cruise. Hope to meet you soon🥂
We didn't, but we did get to a nighttime food market, which I didn't vlog, but it was amazing
Beautiful!
thanks Cathy!
Wow Curtis, that was unbelievably interesting! Bravo!
Rikki Biermann, Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦
Thanks Rikki! Hi back to SA
Thank you Curtis for taking me back to some the wonderful museums of Berlin. I used 2 days in the Pergamon Museum, not sure I saw everything !
So true, you need so much time in these museums
What a fascinating and educational vlog. Love it and thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge.
I visited Pergamon 1995 and 2005 or so. This video shows it very nicely and new museum which opened recently. I would like to go back to Berlin.
Great video. Greetings from South Africa .
Yet again a fantastic vlog ❤ it
Thanks as always Hannah!
So the gates of Babylon beautiful ‘stolen’ now live in Berlin amazing to all of these artefacts I had to giggle 🤭 along Philipa I have never been to Berlin so I have enjoyed these vlogs very much, Thank you Curtis I just love all the history, you do it so well. Cheers🥂
thanks Denise!!!!
Buongiorno ciao Curtis and Fillipo after viewing this vlog I’m left speechless such majesty Queen T so grand civilisations on full glorious view the gateways lapis Azul statues huge colosseums majestic statues from India my breath stopped instantly transported back in time another lifetime and then the lovely walks meals shared with your love Fillipo Grazie Mille Curtis will rewatch Have a fabulous week the next chapter exciting my day is complete Amore😘😘💖💖👌👌🌟🌟
thanks Brenda!!! glad you enjoyed. The gates of Babylon were my highlight!
@@CurtisRyanWoodside the gates of Babylon just breathtaking you are the master of bringing all the wonders of civilisations to us all Amore my dear friend😘😘💖💖🌟🌟
Curtis, Thank you for showing the incredible and beautiful Nefertiti! She is so powerful and stunning. A great tour and I appreciate Phillipo expressing the fact that the Germans stole these ancient works. Mind blowing if you think about the removal of the all the lapis tile and reassembling them. Be well, love from the ocean of MA🐳
I can't imagine how much work it was to move it Donna! thanks!
thanks again, I find that you're a tease by saying that some of the items will be shown in a documentary later on. lol now I'm really looking forward to it as I do for all your videos thanks again
I have just been following you since seeing your 3 part documentary on Egypt and have been taken away by your life in Italy and your family vlog. I have watched most of your films. I'm sure looking forward to your next documentary film. I can't wait to see it because you've got me curious to see the statue in the Berlin museum that you would not share in your latest vlog. You mentioned Iran in your last vlog post. Have you been there? I went there many years ago and saw the Shahs palace in Tehran. It is amazing. There is also huge building in Massad which they light up at night which is about worth the price of the tickets to Iran.
Oops! Sorry. My bad! That last city I mentioned in Iran with the huge building is Mashad. Sometimes Spell check is not good.
Oh wow you went to Iran? Id love to go and see ancient Persia one day
@@CurtisRyanWoodside I went to Iran with my husband. In the 30+ years we've been together, I've only been there two times. We've been trying to get back for a while, but, covid happened and it's proving to be difficult. You are young. If you want to go, you should. I've been to Iran, but I've never been to Egypt. I want to but I will not be able to go in person which is why I like to watch documentary film and read books. When you get to Iran, you should go to out of the way places to visit. Isfahan, Mashad, Persepolis great ancient cities. See the statues and mosques. I loved Isfahan the best but Persepolis was good too. When will your next documentary be finished? I am looking forward to seeing it.
Nice vlog curtis loved parts on egypt gate with lapiz was beautiful I agree about stuff be took from all over Do you feel it should be returned to country it came from?
Some yes, some no. Nefertiti for sure needs to go to Egypt!
Love your haircut!! x
Hi CR. Stephanie will like the Spode plates. Filippo is right they stole everything in many places. I love the wall with the Lions. When I get my Palace, I will have a wall built like that ☺The Lapis gate is huge and so beautiful. The Buddhist gate to the dojo is wonderful. Thanks for the tour CR it was great. The people back in those days didn't have the tools builders have today but all the things they did build are so much more beautiful. I think we like seeing all that because it's a reminder of our past lives. Ciao 🙏🙏🙏
we need some blue and white tiles from Pakistan
🤩Curtis, you do look a bit like king Sargon!!
The lapis lazuli wall is mind boggling!!!! Especially when you consider it had to be taken apart & rebuilt again inside the museum!
I can’t wait for the tour of Schloss Sanssouci!😍
haha its the nose
It wasn’t found complete, but in ten thousands of tiny pieces in the soil, put in wooden boxes, transported to Berlin and put together in years of work like a mega puzzle.
The reconstruction efforts of the staff of these museums have created themselves artwork with artworks so to say.
Letting the Ishtar Gate look so good, including e.g. the colorwise smooth and delicate transition of newly burned tiles to the original ones is a work of high craftmenship.
I agree with Filipo.
You’re not the only one Luciana
You're right Phillipo they stole it all. One of the most important Māori clocks sits on a Danish Museum! Give them back guys!
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"adjacent to the neues museum the pokemon museum contains artifacts from ancient mesopotamia"
Pergamon probably, captions! :D
ahahahah YT auto captions are hilarious !
you should filmed the islamic section in pergamon museum too , the mashta faced is really marvelous.
some areas were closed for renovations :(
they must bring them all back
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USA museums(natural history New York) has also entire tombs from Egypt.. snd other parts of the world
Did they still it ? Centuries ago there were no protections in place for such things and they were often sold in the markets much like the vase you found in the brocante. If you asked the Germans of the time I think they would say they were preserving the artifacts to be shared with the world. Much like the priest / curator who sent Stephanie a kings ransom in Native American jewelry , I believe the Indian tribes feel their heritage has been stolen.
Thanks for showing us this beauty
But you said it was a good thing that this part of a sumerian Palace was stolen
I don't thing it was a great job because it was part a of my culture, my persian culture which I respect the most
As I should mention the fact that we persians really do take care of our culture and too bad we cant see a part of it in our country
I appreciate the efforts that is taken to take care of this sumerian Palace
But i just don't like it to be stolen from my homeland it was my past i just feel sad..
I would save Nefertiti,Tiy & Hemuno & return it back home
Tiye for me ❤️
So they stole it😂
Wow amazing vlog Curtis you always bring your knowledge and enthusiasm 🫶🏼
I try Tina