The Commission for General and Comparative Archaeology (KAVA) was founded in Bonn on the DAI’s 150th anniversary in 1979. It was renamed the Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures (KAAK) […]

Situated in the centre of the provincial capital of Hama is the palace of the ʿAẓm family (Qasr al- ʿAẓm in Arabic). The palace is one of the most significant […]

At the Bandikhan oasis in the south of Uzbekistan lie the ancient settlement mounds Majdatepa, Bektepa, Gazimullahtepa, Jalangtushtepa, Kindyktepa, Sariband and Kakhramontepa. The sites were discovered in the 1970s by […]

Los Castillejos de Alcorrín is a fortified Phoenician settlement from the 9th century BC not far from Malaga. It is evidence of the Phoenicians’ far-flung trading network across the entire […]

Why the Kingdom of Zimbabwe collapsed is one of the most intriguing questions in the archaeology of southern Africa. The kingdom of Mutapa (Munhumutapa) extended over a vast territory as […]

Today we’re celebrating our 190th anniversary with a festival of science in Berlin! The DAI’s departments and commissions will be giving short presentations about their global research projects today from […]

Thousands of stone stelae can be found in and around the villages of Nagaland. The upright slabs are erected by wealthy villagers as the culmination of feasts which are attended […]

In the coastal desert of Nasca and Palpa in Peru, gigantic figures are scored into the ground. The geoglyphs, as they are known, were the subject of archaeological investigation and […]

Founded in 1874, the Athens Department of the DAI covers many areas in the investigation of the culture of ancient Greece. The sanctuaries of Olympia, Samos and Kalapodi, the Mycenian […]