News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
The new lecture programme 2024/ 2025 is online! The lectures will take place on Thursdays at 18:00 (Istanbul time) in the announced language. The events will be hybrid, both physical and online on ZOOM. Information and registration links for each event will be shared on our social media. For physical participation, please register in advance […]
The German Archaeological Institute, Istanbul Department and the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University invite you to the 47th International Mediterranean Survey (IMS) workshop, which will be held on the 6th and 7th December 2024 in Istanbul. The IMS workshops are biannual informal meetings, where you and your team members can present / explore / test survey-related […]
The 73rd volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen has been published! From the Neolithic architecture of eastern Anatolia to the Roman imperial period on the west coast of Anatolia and the Byzantine architectural sculpture in Phrygia, there are many exciting articles. ©DAI-IST | Authors: Coverphoto: © Sagalassos Archaeological Research ProjectDesign: LMK Büro für Kommunikationsdesign To access […]
Don’t miss the newest open sources paper on “Inspired individuals and charismatic leaders.Hunter-gatherer crisis and the rise and fall of invisible decision-makers at Göbeklitepe” looking at the evidence for charasmatic leaders at Göbeklitepe and with results from recent excavations in Praehistorica 51 (2024). Please use the following link to access the article. https://journals.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/18771
Artificial Intelligence is going to change, or has already changed, many areas of archaeological research. Keywords related to archaeology and AI are data management, big data, automatic classification of artefact analyses, or robotics in the field. Methods and tasks that are already in daily use in archaeological projects. But with all the potential, this technology […]
“That’s beautiful!” Emma is holding an old photo and pointing to a magnificent Ottoman wooden building. The picture is from the photo archive at the German Archaeological Institute’s Istanbul Department, where we, Emma and Elisa, are working as kulturweit-Volunteers. Emma Bobbert and Elisa Karam kulturweit-Voluteers 2023 / 2024. Author: B. Güler Emma and I are […]
„Ist das schön!“ – Emma hält gerade ein altes Foto in der Hand und deutet auf ein prachtvolles osmanisches Holzgebäude. Das Bild stammt aus dem Fotoarchiv des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts der Abteilung Istanbul, in dem wir, Emma und Elisa, als kulturweit-Freiwillige arbeiten. Emma Bobbert und Elisa Karam kulturweit-Freiwillige 2023 / 2024. Autor: B. Güler Mit […]
Bergama Müzesi ve Pergamon Kazısı Bergamalıları geçmiş zamanda bir yolculuğa çağırıyor. Arkeolojik kazı ekibi üyeleri ve müze yetkilileri tarafından düzenlenen turlar Cumartesi günleri saat 16.00’da. Etkinliklere tüm Bergama halkı davetlidir. Ören yeri girişleri ücretsizdir. Kayıt gerekli değildir. Saha buluşmaları için araziye uygun ayakkabı giyilmesi tavsiye olunur. Pergamon Buluşmaları, Bergama Müzesi ve Pergamon Kazısı (Kazı Başkanlığı) […]
Artificial Intelligence is going to change, or has already changed, many areas of archaeological research. Keywords related to archaeology and AI are data management, big data, automatic classification of artefact analyses, or robotics in the field. Methods and tasks that are already in daily use in archaeological projects. But with all the potential, this technology […]
Next year, the Istanbul and Madrid departments of the German Archaeological Institute will organize two joint conferences on “City and Micro-region in the Ancient Mediterranean (and Beyond)”. Madrid Conference German Archaeological Institute in Madrid, 21st – 23rd May 2025 “City & Micro-Region Configurations” Themes City & micro-region configurations as complex socio-ecological systems Temporal scales and […]
