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 […]
The 4th seminar of the 6th Research Network „Building, Building Economy and Building Sites“ was held online on April 1st and 2nd, 2022. It focused on the “lifecycle” of ancient […]
D-DAI-IST-R26184 , W. Schiele (1989) In the photo of the month, we see the young librarian Ali Akkaya working at the typewriter in the old building of our institute in […]
This Thursday, 19.05.2022, 06:00 pm (AEDT) (10:00 am, Istanbul TR/ 09:00 am, CEST), our colleague Dr. Lee Clare will give a lecture as part of the Annual Edwin Cuthbert Hall […]
Architecture is often a very prominent feature on archaeological sites. How to document building remains? How to read and understand building remains? How to make sense of the remains? How […]
D-DAI-IST-R12962a, Photographer and Date Unknown In our photo of the month we are witnesses to the discovery at Zincirli Höyük of impressive stone reliefs from the Late Hittite period. Those […]
The Lycian city of Patara has one of the most important ports of the eastern Mediterranean. Due to the increasing commercial and military importance of its well-protected harbour, which was […]
The Bosphorus in Istanbul has been home to a network of fortifications from the Byzantine and the Ottoman periods. Many of the fortifications especially on the north of the Strait […]
On the occasion of the 4th Day of Provenance Research, the Berlin Antikensammlung of the State Museums invites to the book presentation “Konstantinopel – Samos – Berlin. Verpfändung, Fundteilung und […]
