DAI Istanbul Brochure 2023
The newest DAI Brochure 2023 is now online and available in German and Turkish! Download the DAI Istanbul Brochure now! DAI Istanbul 21.2023
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March Lectures Postponed
In light of the horrible earthquakes and the great suffering they brought, there will be no public lectures in March. The events will be rescheduled at the next possible date. […]
Lecture Announcement: Sirkeli Höyük. Struktur und Dynamik einer antiken Stadtlandschaft im Ebenen Kilikien -postponed-
We ask for your understanding that, in view of the catastrophic earthquakes and the great suffering associated with them, we are postponing the lecture on 16 February. The lecture will […]
Photo of the Month – January 2023
D-DAI-IST-2023-00001, B. Güler My first job at the Istanbul department of the DAI was related to photography. In 2016, I worked for the Pergamon and Boğazköy excavation archives. Whenever my […]
Call for Participation for the 7th Research Network of the Istanbul Department
Socio-Ecological Approaches to the History and Archaeology of Anatolia The research networks of the Istanbul Department of the DAI and its partners aim to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between […]
DAI Istanbul Winckelmann Lecture: Mehr als nur ein Tempel
We invite you to our annual Winckelmann Lecture which will take place on 15th December 2022 at 18.00 (Istanbul time) / 16.00 (CET).After the welcoming speech by the representative of […]
Photo of the Month – November 2022
D-DAI-IST-10123 Sebah & Joaillier (Year unknown) The photo of the month from our photo library has the motto ›Constantinople – Byzantium – Istanbul through the ages‹. The Monastery ›τοῦ Λιβός‹, […]
Event Announcement! Archaeo-Informatics: Challenges in Digital Archaeology
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, […]
The DAI Istanbul’s 2022/2023 Lecture Programme is Now Online
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 […]
Photo of the Month – October 2022
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 […]
Photo of the Month – August 2022
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 […]
Ein 3500 Jahre altes Geheimnis in Boğazköy/Hattuscha
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 […]
New Online Exhibition: An Archive within an Archive
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 […]
Lecture Announcement: „Pergamon und seine vielschichtige Kulturlandschaft“
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 […]
Photo of the Month – July 2022
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 […]
