Germany Day 7: Egyptian and Roman Artifacts, Berlin Sunset

A pro-Russian ribbon (left, on gun) is tied to a statue at the Soviet War Memorial in Treptower Park.

The sun sets over the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park.

The Soviet War Memorial includes a 40-foot-tall statue of a Red Army soldier holding a sword and child standing on a broken swastika.

Flowers rest inside the Soviet War Memorial at Treptower Park.

Stone carving at the Treptower Park Soviet War Memorial.

A Roman comb (Neues Museum collection)

King Sesostris III (Neues Museum collection)

Egyptian figures (Neues Museum collection)

Egyptian pillar (Neues Museum collection)

Cosmetic box of Queen Mentuhotep (Neues Museum collection)

Head of Queen Tiye (Neues Museum collection)

Bust of Sophocles (Neues Museum collection)

A Roman burial (Neues Museum collection)

The colossal statue of Helios (Neues Museum collection)

A Roman necklace (Neues Museum collection)

Coptic gravestone with different calculations of time (Neues Museum collection)

Egyptian jewelry (Neues Museum collection)

A Berlin sunset from Treptower Park across the Spree River, with the TV Tower in the distance.

A Berlin sunset from Treptower Park across the Spree River, with the TV Tower in the distance.

Another Berlin wall mural.

A crane operator works on the construction site outside our window at the Hotel Transit Loft, making sure we're up with the sun.