Upcoming: Trade Before Civilization Conference
Between May 27-29, 2016, a conference on „Trade before Civilization“ will be held at the University of Gothenburg. Our Contribution will be on „Long Distance Exchange of Goods and Ideas […]
Year: 2016
To light or not to…
Photographs are far from objective. They suggest meaning through the selection of the scene, but also through a certain perspective, focal point, light. Everyone who has held a camera in […]
How did they do it? Making and moving monoliths at Göbekli Tepe
The T-shaped pillars discovered at Göbekli Tepe are big. The central pair of Enclosure D measure 5.5 m and weigh about 8 to 10 metric tons each. The surrounding pillars […]
10th ICAANE, Vienna
The 10th International Congress on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (ICAANE – external link) will be held between 25‒29 April, 2016, in Vienna. The Göbekli Tepe research team […]
Out for a beer at the dawn of agriculture
Ever since the so called Braidwood Symposium in 1953 (Braidwood et al. 1953), there has been a debate as to whether beer – and not bread – was the first product […]
Why did it have to be snakes?
Snakes are omnipresent at Göbekli Tepe. Even today you may have the luck to encounter a Levantine Viper when visiting the site (yes, they are poisonous, but just let them […]
