Modern archaeology is increasingly reliant on digital technology, from the documentation of finds and features through subsequent analyses and up to the resulting publications. This is, of course, quite wonderful, […]
Our new lecture programme 2022/ 2023 is now online! Lectures will take place on Thursday evenings at 18.00 hrs (Istanbul time). Information about the events will be shared on our […]
D-DAI-IST-KB30143 / Peter Schneider 1978 The photo of the Month series from our archive continues with the contributions of DAI employees!On my first working day at the DAI, I had […]
Boğazköy Excavation Archive, D-DAI-IST-BO-Umgebung-1978-11-00039 My father was a taxi driver. He was bringing mosaic masters from Sungurlu to the Boğazköy excavations. On 15.06.1975 the construction works of the excavation house […]
Etwa 200 km östlich der türkischen Hauptstadt Ankara liegt unmittelbar bei der Kleinstadt Boğazkale (früher Boğazköy) die bronzezeitliche Stadtruine von Hattuscha, Hauptstadt des hethitischen Großreichs (UNESCO Weltkulturerbe und UNESCO Memory […]
The German Archaeological Institute is happy to announce its new online exhibition “An Archive within an Archive”, which was prepared for the International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Venice and […]
On 16 November 1972, the Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, in short the World Heritage Convention, was decided by the UNESCO General Conference in […]
DAI-IST-PE57-57, Unknown Photograph Our picture of the month from 1957 shows a scenic view over the hill top of Musalla Mezarlik, a hill in the vicinity of the lower city […]
Second NOS-HS Workshop on “Earthen architecture design and construction sustainability practice” hold in Lund, Sweden, 20th and 21st June 2022. In the framework of the NENA Initiative and the Research […]
The Miletus Excavation (www.miletgrabung.uni-hamburg.de) has a new website that provides information about the ruins of Miletus, its landscape, and its history. Miletus was one of the most important cities of […]
Dear Guests, Our library will be closed from 01 July to 01 September 2022.We wish you beautiful summer days! Photo: M. Ubben
DAI-IST-KB4565, Manfred Korfmann (1973) This massive wall in the monthly photo from our archive is from Alacahöyük. The sign painted on the wall confuses us. It reads “Hittite the 2nd […]
This week are the European Archaeology Days. Within this framework the French Institute for Anatolian Studies (IFEA) and the French Institute of Turkey – Istanbul are holding the Turkish-European Archaeology […]
What is the job of an archaeologist? Generally speaking: The archaeologist reconstructs the past of mankind and researches cultural development. And to be more precise: During excavations, archaeologists uncover the […]
The Istanbul Department is pleased to offer „Frühjahresführungen“ again this year. On Sunday 05 June at 12:30, our colleague and architect Burcu Akan will talk about „Florya Atatürks Residenz am […]
