Calendar of Events
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BERLIN,
Roads of Arabia: Archaeological Treasures from Saudi Arabia
Having already been shown in Paris, Barcelona and St Petersburg, this exhibition makes its only stop in Germany. The history of the Arabian Peninsula is presented with a holistic display of archaeological material, from a 6,000 year old grave stele, through Egyptian-style monumental architecture, Roman glass, early ceramics and, then, on into the Islamic period.
Pergamon Museum +49 (0)30 20 90 55 77. From 26 January until 9 April.
HANNOVER,
Who with Whom? The Gods of Olympus
The relationships, tasks, actions and adventures of the Classical pantheon are analysed in this collection of 16th and 17th century Dutch and German prints. The exhibition is presented as a collaboration between Sprengel Museum Hannover, the State Museum Hannover and the Museum August Kestner
Landesmuseum Hannover
+49 (0)51 19 80 76 86
(www.landesmuseum-hannover.niedersachsen.de).
Until 19 February.
HEIDELBERG,
Colourful Gods: The Colours of Ancient Sculpture
Compiling 30 years of research this innovative exhibition brings the ancient monumental sculpture of the Greeks back to life by reconstructing how it would have been originally coloured. First shown in Munich in 2003 this exhibition places scientific research side by side with plaster casts of some of the most iconic sculpture to present a vivid portrait of the past.
Museum of Ancient Art Heidelberg University +49 (0)62 21 54 25 12 (www.klassische-archaeologie.uni-hd.de). Until 12 February.
HEILBRONN,
Celtic Finds in the Heilbronner Land
Through finds including grave goods, clay cups and early Iron Age weapons, the story of the Celts of the region is retold. Of particular interest is the picture that develops of the indigenous gods and how elements of them were absorbed
into the Roman pantheon.
Städtische Museen Heilbronn
+49 (0)71 31 56 22 95
(www.museen-heilbronn.de).
Until 30 September.
KALKRIESE,
Stone Age Massacre: Crime Scene Talheim
This exhibition showcases latest methods coupled with recent research results, to get to the bottom of the extraordinary find of 34 7,000-year-old skeletons in a local garden in 1983. Through glimpses of everyday life in the Neolithic period, archaeology, anthropology and forensic scientists try to decide if this was an accident, or murder.
Museum and Park Kalkriese
+49 (0)54 68 92 04 200
(www.kalkriese-varusschlacht.de). Until 8 January.
MANNHEIM,
Skull Cult
This intriguing, if rather macabre, exhibition brings together over 300 objects to explore the various ways humanity has been drawn to the human skull throughout civilisation. From scalp preparations to skull bowls used in rituals and jewellery to religious artefacts the cultural attachment is explored; with support from an interdisciplinary scientific approach involving bioanthropology.
eiss-Engelhorn Museums
+49 (0)62 12 93 31 50 (www.schaedelkult.de). Until 29 April.
MUNICH, Bavaria
Battle for Troy: 200 Years of Aegina in Munich
This exhibition marks the 200th anniversary of the division of the marbles from the Aegina pediment. Having suffered two centuries of vicissitudes these sculptures are now re-united and are shown here with new interpretations about their original colouring.
Munich Staatliche Antique Collections and Glyphtothek
+49 (0) 8 59 98 88 30 (www.antike-amkoenigsplatz.mwn.de).
Until 31 January.
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