The 72nd Volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen Has Been Published
The 72nd volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen has been published in a new design and is now also available online in addition to the printed edition. From the Late Chalcolithic […]
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Workshop Announcement / Call for Papers: Earthquakes and Archaeology
As the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute, we are pleased to inform you on behalf of our workshop which will focus on Archaeoseismology. The workshop will be held […]
Chipped Stones: What they are and how they can help understand Göbekli Tepe
Usually if we talk about Göbekli Tepe then we talk about monumental buildings, iconic T-shaped pillars or sophisticated pieces of art. Only rarely do other so-called small finds, for example […]
Taş Hanım
Every find that archaeologists make by digging in the ground is actually a tiny piece of a big story. It is also possible to dig through an archive just like […]
The Chipped Stones of Göbekli Tepe: A short teaser
Next week we will introduce you to one of the most numerous find categories at Göbekli Tepe: chipped stones. As this is quite a comprehensive topic we decided to split […]
Library of the DAI Istanbul closed
Dear Readers, Our library will be closed between 26.06.-31.08.2023. We wish you a nice time during the summer. Thank you for your understanding.
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 […]
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 […]
