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The Biggest Stolen/Moved Artefacts

Aegean Region, Bergama, Ulucami Mahallesi, Kale Çeşme Sokak, Izmir, Turkey • Aegean Region • Izmir • Turkey • Posted by user1 • 8 May 2026

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The Pergamon Altar. Built in the 2nd century BC at Bergama, Turkey. It's around 36 m wide by 34 m deep ,basically the size of a basketball court.

It was dismantled between 1878 and 1886 and shipped to Berlin, where it now fills a whole wing of the Pergamonmuseum.

I roughly drew its true footprint back onto the acropolis. It's hard to call it "moved" when you see the scale. It was cut out of a hillside.

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