Back to Museum Island and the Neues Museum. But first, I packed the bike, then took a stroll through and around Alexanderplatz, and then hit the museum before taking a stroll down Unter den Linden, one of the more famous streets in Berlin.
As I indicated earlier, the box I retrieved was overly large . . . in fact, made for an e-bike. So it needed cutting down, which is opposite of my usual problem, finding enough space! But it got packed nonetheless.
The AquaDom, located inside the Radisson Blu Hotel. I did not linger long, as there were many signs saying "Hotel Guests Only," which gave me the impression this was a private venue. But apparently you can ride up through the middle of the aquarium on an elevator. Maybe on my next visit.
Priest Ptahmai with his family. On his left, his wife Hatshepsut, and on his right, their daughter Iniuhaj. If you look closely, you see that Ptahmai is embraced by his wife and the seated daughter. In front, smaller and standing, are the second daughter, Henut-Demiu, and her son Ramose, the grandson of Ptahmai.
The Golden Hat (Berliner Goldhut), a 74 cm-high ceremonial hat from southern Germany, hammered without a seam from a single piece of gold leaf during the late Bronze Age (1000–800 BC). It also had a practical use as a very advanced calendar.
And, of course, I saw the Nefertiti Bust, which is displayed in a room of its own, but no photographs are allowed. After the museum tour, I wandered down
Unter den Linden (Under the Linden Trees) and made my way back to the hotel.
Alte Bibliothek (Old Library) of the Humboldt University law faculty located on the right side of Bebelplatz. Bebelplatz is also the site of an infamous book burning held on May 10, 1933, where something like 20,000 volumes were destroyed.
And, in the middle of Unter den Linden stands a statue of (King) Frederick the Great (of Prussia). In German that would be Reiterstandbild König Friedrich II von Preußen.
