This is a fantastic museum that’s almost as good as a trip back in time to Rome! We loved the exhibits and all of this fascinating things kept here. It’s definitely worth a look, and it’s on the punch card.
Almost 50 years ago I sat in high school German classes and when our work was done, we got to read Asterix comic books. I had no idea then about this huge Roman world in Germany.
Here are a smattering of things I found interesting in the museum:
These were huge cemetery memorial stones found outside the city walls.
This one is very famous, and now is one of the icons of Trier. It’s a riverboat transporting kegs of wine.
Oh my, the mosaic rooms!! I felt like I was in an ancient quilt show. this is the finest collection of mosaics north of Rome.
Here’s a mosaic in the making:
Wine making.
This slice of wood is from the pilons in the river used to create the Roman bridge. This is how they were able to date the bridge.
The Roman Bridge in Trier is the oldest bridge in Germany. The nine bridge pillars date from the 2nd century AD. The stone pilings of the Roman Bridge date from A.D. 144-152 and are deeply embedded in the bedrock underneath the river gravel.
Roman oil lamps.
These Roman-era glass bottles reminded me of the tear catchers we saw last year in Jerusalem.
It’s always nice to get the perspective from these models. The Porta Nigra is in the lower left.
The “Trier Gold Hoard,” kept here in a vaulted room, is the largest Roman gold hoard ever discovered. Twenty-five hundred gold coins weighing 18.5 kilograms, were found during an excavation in 1993, nearly 1,800 years after it was hidden.
Mermaid doing the splits!
Beautiful Madonna sculptures.
That was really fun. There are so many interesting things to see here!
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 