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Evening Lecture: WILHELM DÖRPFELD, EIN PIONIER DER ARCHÄOLOGISCHEN DENKMALPFLEGE

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Our lecture series continues! On Thursday 13 March 2025, we are pleased to welcome Dr. Thomas Otten, who will talk about ‘Wilhelm Dörpfeld, ein Pionier der archäologischen Bauforschung’. In the late 19th century, archaeological building research, archaeological monument conservation and the didactic conservation of archaeological sites underwent fundamental changes. A holistic understanding of the archaeological […]

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Evening Lecture: COMMUNITY HERITAGE – AL-HARA ALFOQA AS A CASE STUDY

DAI Istanbul

Our evening lecture series continues. We are pleased to welcome Dr.-Ing. Claudia Bührig (Berlin), who is going to speak about “Community Heritage – Alhara Alfoqa as a Caste Study”. The German Archaeological Institute’s 40-year commitment to the ancient site of Gadara and the >Upper Village< of Al-Hara Foqa in present-day Umm Qays has been characterised by a […]

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Lecture Cancelled: KİMYAHANE. DIE GESCHICHTE DES ERSTEN KONSERVIERUNGSLABORS DER TÜRKEI UND SEINE ZUSAMMENARBEIT MIT DEM BERLINER CHEMIELABOR

DAI Istanbul

Unfortunately, the evening lecture ‘Kimyahane. Die Geschichte des ersten Konservierungslabors der Türkei und seine Zusammenarbeit mit dem Berliner Chemielabor’ by Dr. Vildan Yarlıgaş (Istanbul) on Thursday, 13.02.2025 has to be cancelled. Thank you for your understanding. DAI-IST, B. Akan Our evening lecture series continues in 2025! The first lecture in the new year will be […]

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Conference Announcement: The Funerary Archaeology of Byzantine Constantinople. New Approaches, New Discoveries

DAI Istanbul

Mortuary practices are cultural phenomena common to humanity, and therefore burials and the “archaeology of death” have long been recognized as essential sources for all archaeologies. This is also true of Byzantine archaeology, and in recent decades graves and tombs, cemeteries and burial churches have increasingly been the focus of historical, art historical, and scientific […]

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Istanbuler Mitteilungen Volume 73

DAI Istanbul

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 […]

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Read Online: Inspired Individuals and Charismatic Leaders

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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

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Between Slides and Photo Portfolios: kulturweit Volunteers at the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute

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“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 […]