|  | Pergamon Altar (3)
between 180 and 159 B.C.
Resting on a huge foundation with an encircling frieze 113 meters long, and a 20 meters wide staircase cut into the western side, a colonnade encloses the courtyard with the actual altar for burnt offerings.
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|  | Battle of the Giants (4)
Gigantomachy
Great Frieze
between 180 and 159 B.C.
In the museum, only the west side (D) of the altar is reconstructed in its original dimensions. Four steps rising from the nearly square foundation (36 meters wide, 34 meters deep) support a monumental pedestal, whose sides are decorated by a 2.3 meters high relief frieze, crowned by a great projecting cornice.
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|  | The Telephos Frieze (26)
Téléphy
approx. between 165 and 159 B.C.
The Telephos Frieze depicts the life story of the hero Telephos, the legendary founder of Pergamon and the mythical ancestor of the royal house. It was mounted on the inner court walls of the Pergamon Altar and was preserved noticeably worse than the Giant Frieze.
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