News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
D-DAI-IST-R34535, H. Hauptmann Our photo of the month for June from our archives shows one of the many well-known T-shaped pillars from Göbekli Tepe, an 11.000 year-old site located in Şanlıurfa in south-eastern Turkey. This particular limestone monolith is one of the central pillars from Building D, one of several well preserved monumental structures at […]
The Türk Eskiçağ Bilimleri Enstitüsü (TEBE), awards scholarships in memory of Prof. Dr. Ali M. Dinçol for the year 2021 to Turkish Master and Ph.D. students who research in the fields of Prehistory, Near Eastern Archaeology, Hittitology, Classical Archaeology, Ancient History, Byzantine Art and Classical Philology. Image: TEBE The application deadline has been extended to […]
On 04.06.–06.06.2021, the workshop “HİTİTLER BİR İMPARATORLUĞUN MİRASI. Kızılırmak Kavsi İçerisindeki Arkeolojik Kazı ve Araştırmalar Çalıştayı” will be held at the Hitit University of Çorum. This event can be seen live on the YouTube channel of Arkeolojihaber. (Graphic: Hitit University) Within these event our colleague Andreas Schachner will give a talk about “Hattuş’tan Hattuşa’ya: Hitit […]
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. […]
