Book of the Month – May 2023
The book we would like to introduce this month is fresh from the press „Kirkbride at Çatalhöyük: The Çatalhöyük slides of Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek from 1963 (ed. by Moritz Kinzel)“. It […]
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Meet the Chipped Stones Team
Chipped stones usually make up the majority of finds at Stone Age sites and are typically used to reconstruct past daily life activities. They are also suitable for relative dating […]
New Content about Göbekli Tepe
You haven’t been hearing much from us lately. The reason was the catastrophic earthquake and the heavy rainfall event shortly afterwards in Şanlıurfa this year, which cuased immense suffering in […]
Lecture Announcement: Continuity and Transformation in the Ionic Architecture of Hierapolis of Phrygia During the Hellenistic and Imperial Period
Hierapolis of Phrygia is located in Western Anatolia in the Lycus Valley (modern Pamukkale). The city was founded by the Seleucids in the late 3rd cent. BC and had an […]
DAI Istanbul Spring Tours 2023
We are pleased to announce the 2023 spring tours! Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson will start with the „Highlights of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum“ on Sunday, 04.06.2023 at 12:00. The meeting […]
The View Through the Camera. Photography in Archaeology
Antique remains used to be documented through drawings and engravings or with gypsum casts and models even before archaeology became an established scientific occupation. These products of artists and travellers, […]
Lecture Announcement: Turning Mud Into Bricks
The project Building sustainability aims to investigate Levantine Iron Age earthen architecture as a reflection of social dynamics, using the approach of analysing mudbricks as material culture. The study examines […]
Book of the Month – April 2023
In our new category Book of the Month, we would like to introduce you to a book from our library each month. We will start with the publication „…die Reste […]
Lecture Announcement: Re-Considering Hellenistic North Mesopotamia. Investigations at Girdi Matrab and in the Erbil Plain
The transition from Assyria to the Seleucids in North Mesopotamia is one of the most fascinating examples of imperial durability, manifested through phenomena of change and resilience. In this talk […]
The exhibition „An Archive within an Archive“ is also available in Turkish
The online exhibition “An Archive within an Archive”, which was prepared for the International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Venice and Padua in August 2022 is now also available in […]
Lecture is Cancelled: Luxus & Exotismus. Die Repräsentation des römischen Indienhandels im 1. – 4. Jh. n. Chr.
Unfortunately, the lecture „Luxus & Exotismus. Die Repräsentation des römischen Indienhandels im 1.-4. Jh. n. Chr.“ on Thursday, 6 April 2023 has to be cancelled. Thank you for your understanding. […]
Lecture Announcement: Holy Water in Late Antique Sacred Spaces in Asia Minor
On their journeys to distant and unknown lands, late antique pilgrims experienced sacred landscapes marked by special natural formations. At these sacred sites, the touching of objects, relics, and natural […]
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
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. […]
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria
We are shocked by the news of the earthquake in southeastern parts of Turkey and northern Syria and the extent of the suffering it has caused. Our thoughts are with […]
