Following ancient tradition, people from all over the world are gathering at the Hill of Tara, Ireland, today to mark the summer solstice. The Roman–Germanic Commission of the DAI can […]

Since 2009 the DAI Rome has been coordinating the reinstallation of the National Archaeological Museum in Cherchell, Algeria, in collaboration with the Ministère de la Culture in Algiers and with […]

Did you know that the coasts of Tuscany were largely under water in classical times? Today holidaymakers flock to the beach in places where formerly there were bays and lagoons. […]

The giant settlement mound of Buto in the western Nile delta attests to a long history of occupation. Although Buto is mentioned in written sources, which even refer to it […]

How did Alexander the Great subjugate rebellious provinces? Ancient sources say he had a series of fortresses built to keep the peace in Bactria, today Uzbekistan. One of the six […]

The large gold deposits in northwest Spain as well as a permanent military presence were instrumental to the development of Asturica Augusta (Astorga) and Legio VII Gemina (León) into flourishing […]

In 1876 the first volume of the bulletin of the DAI department in Athens was published with a broad spectrum of articles: major figures such as Theodor Mommsen, Ernst Curtius, […]

At the foot of a mountain in the center of the island of Sri Lanka is the Buddhist monastery Pidurangala from the 4th to the 7th centuries AD. It consists […]

The major Celtic settlement (oppidum) of Manching near Ingolstadt is considered one of the largest Celtic settlements north of the Alps. It was established in the 3rd century BC and […]