News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
What was it like to live in an early Neolithic community in the mountains near modern Petra/Wadi Musa (Jordan) some ten thousand years ago? Graphic: K. N. Godtfredsen/ M. Kinzel 2020 ©Godtfredsen/Kinzel “The Fox” is a story written by Moritz Kinzel, together with Bo Dahl Hermansen and Mette Bangsborg Thuesen, with illustrations by the artist […]
Graphic: Elif Koparal Under the topic „Remote Sensing, Ecology and Heritage Management“ the 40th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop 2021 will take place, online on 4-5 June 2021. The workshop is organised by Elif Koparal (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University) and Felix Pirson (German Archaeological Institute). For registration, please use the following links. 04.06.2021 – Workshop […]
D-DAI-IST-9519, Sébah&Joaillier (around 1900) With our Series of the Monthly Photo, we would like to draw your attention to a book entitled Istanbuler Alltag im 19. Jahrhundert created by Renate Schiele and Wolfgang Müller-Wiener. This publications includes some 100 photographs, selected from our own archives and with added texts, showing scenes of daily life in […]
Foto Berna Güler Dear Guests, Although our library must remain closed for now, we would like to keep you informed about the most recent acquisitions from March and April 2021. We look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the not too distant future.
After a month of fasting colorful sweets and conversation come along with Bayram. We wish you lovely Bayramlar with the hope that we can be together as soon as possible. Bir aylık oruçtan sonra bayramla birlikte rengarenk tatlılar ve muhabbet gelir. Bir an önce bir arada olabilme ümidiyle mutlu bayramlar dileriz. Photo/ Fotoğraf: D-DAI-IST-10263, Sébah […]
On Tuesday, 11.05.2021 at 20:00 (19:00 CEST), our colleague Seçil Tezer-Altay together with the director of the Izmir Bergama Museum Nilgün Ustura will give a lecture on “Yerel Müzecilikte 120 Yıl – Bergama Müzesi Örneği” within the “ODTÜ Arkeoloji Müzesi Konuşmaları: Arkeoloji – Müze – Koruma” of the ODTÜ Archaeology Museum and TAÇDAM Centre for […]
Next Thursday, 06.05.2021 at 18.15 (CEST) our colleagues Andreas Schachner and Dominique Krüger will present in their lecture ” Von Assyrern, Hethitern und Römern: Neue Ergebnisse der Forschungen in Boğazköy/Hattuscha” results of interdisciplinary research in Boğazköy/Hattuscha during the last years within the lecture series of the Ancient Near Eastern Studies oft he University of Würzburg. […]
The 40th International Mediterranean Survey Workshop organised by Elif Koparal (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University) and Felix Pirson (German Archaeological Institute) will take place online on 4-5 June 2021. Papers should have a focus on “Remote sensing, Ecology and Heritage Management”, method-theory and/or interpretation of Mediterranean survey practice. (Graphic: Elif Koparal) Closing date/ Call for […]
D-DAI-IST-NPN-007-Flora-00004, P. Neve A spring photograph from our archive for the monthly series! Archaeologists who excavated a century or so ago would surely be surprised if they could see today’s excavation techniques and, in particular, how the philosophy behind archaeology has changed. Meanwhile, there are numerous archaeological sciences, one of which is archaeobotany (the study […]
On the occasion of the 80th birthday of the former director of the Istanbul Department, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Adolf Hoffmann, the Istanbul Department of the DAI, in cooperation with the Department of Building History of the BTU Cottbus and the Divison of Building Archaeology of the DAI, invites you to a colloquium in his honour on […]
