Along the lakes that calm Berlin, driving east toward the Pergamon Museum that houses the cobalt blue mosaic Gates of Babylon and the Neues Museum with its bust of Nefertiti, the taxi driver pointed out the markings of the former Wall at various points along the way.

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In the Pergamon, it is positioned at the beginning of the processional road leading to the Gates of Ishtar, the ornately tiled entrance to Babylon that is one of the most impressive reconstructions in the museum's collection.

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