About the book: 1971 / This book is a story about how the German archaeologist K. Humann found the famous Pergamon Altar in Asia Minor - the greatest work of Hellenistic art. In The first part tells in reverse form about the Kingdom of Pergamon in Asia Minor and about the history of the creation of the Pergamon Altar. In the second and third parts - about excavations in Pergamon (in the territory of modern Turkey) and the construction of the Pergamon Museum in Berlin.