News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
Online Lecture “Constantinople in Late Antiquity: Sacred Space and Urban Topography”, Thursday, 15. April 2021,18:00 (17:00 CET) (Image: Peutinger’s Map after K. Miller) After Constantinople was inaugurated by the emperor Constantine in 330 CE, the city quickly earned its reputation as the New Rome. Protected by virtually unbreachable fortifications, it housed the imperial palace, the […]
Renate Schiele (29.6.1932 – 20.3.2021) We recently heard the sad news about the passing of the photographer Renate Schiele whose shared her passion for photography with her husband the photographer Wolf Schiele, who was employed as a photographer at the Istanbul department from 1965 until his pension in 1992. Her photographs made such a significant […]
Online Lecture Visualising Heritage Narratives Thursday, 1. April 2021, 18:00 (17:00 CET). It is often considered that heritage exists just by itself. However, without a narrative, which needs to be re-told to be remembered it would disappear unnoticed. Archaeological fieldwork and research forms often the basis for any heritage narrative to promote and as well […]
DAInsight 2021 – Online lecture series about new research at the German Archaeological Institute. Building in Byzantium: Impact of Maritime Aspects – Recording Assist. Prof. Dr. Michael R. Jones, Koç University, Dr. Alkiviadis Ginalis, DAI, Istanbul Department, Moderation by Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson, DAI, Istanbul Department Although Byzantine shipwrecks and harbour sites have been excavated […]
D-DAI-IST-KB29072, F. V. Holbach (1910) Especially in historical archeological photographs, male workers or children often stand next to the archaeological finds like an inanimate object, serving as a scale. In this photo, which we selected for the Photo of the Month Series, a woman poses with all her elegance next to an architectural piece, as […]
Dear Guests, Although our library must remain closed for now, we would like to keep you informed about the most recent acquisitions from February 2021. We look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the not too distant future.
D-DAI-IST-NWS-2015-0147 We continue our “Photo of the Month” series with a copy of a plan. We owe this colorful drawing, which delicately gives all the details of Urfa’s Lidar Village, to the interest shown by architectural history expert Werner Schnuchel from Karlsruhe Institute for Technology to the local architecture of Anatolia. While working in the […]
Dear guests, although our library must remain closed for now, we would like to keep you informed about the most recent acquisitions from January 2021. We look forward to seeing you again, hopefully in the not too distant future.
Do you think that archaeological teams only deal with conducting excavation and publishing its results? Archaeology has become more an interdisciplinary field in the last decades. One essential aspect became the establishment of a sustainable balance between international scientific work and local social dynamics. In fact, involving the local community has taken its place in […]
The worldwide spread of the corona virus is currently having a major impact on the everyday life of many people. While this is a new experience for most of us, pandemics and their consequences were well known to many historical societies. A vivid academic debate has started recently about the potential impact of epidemics – […]
