News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
Our new Lecture Programme 2023/ 2024 is online! The lectures will take place on Thursdays at 18:00 (Istanbul time) in the announced language. The events will be held in a hybrid format at the Institute and online on ZOOM. Graphic: M. Kinzel / B. Akan Information about the events will be shared on our website, […]
The project Building sustainability aims to investigate Levantine Iron Age earthen architecture as a reflection of social dynamics, using the approach of analysing mudbricks as material culture. The study examines changes in architectural form and technology alongside the reconstruction of technological and social processes of earthen materials manufacture and construction in monumental public architecture in […]
The transition from Assyria to the Seleucids in North Mesopotamia is one of the most fascinating examples of imperial durability, manifested through phenomena of change and resilience. In this talk I will use a multi-scalar approach to explore the transformation of the settlements structure in the former Assyrian heartland from the late Iron Age to […]
We invite you to our annual Winckelmann Lecture which will take place on 15th December 2022 at 18.00 (Istanbul time) / 16.00 (CET).After the welcoming speech by the representative of the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany, Mr. Martin Graf, and the annual report of the Istanbul Department of the DAI by the […]
Modern archaeology is increasingly reliant on digital technology, from the documentation of finds and features through subsequent analyses and up to the resulting publications. This is, of course, quite wonderful, but this trend also presents archaeologists with previously unexpected challenges. Under the title “Archaeo-Informatics: Challenges in Digital Archaeology”, the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological […]
About 200 km east of the Turkish capital Ankara, near the small town of Boğazkale (formerly Boğazköy), lie the ruins of the Bronze Age city of Hattusha, the capital city of the Hittite Empire (UNESCO World Heritage Site and UNESCO Memory of the World). In the 2nd millennium BC, this empire dominated large parts of […]
Second NOS-HS Workshop on “Earthen architecture design and construction sustainability practice” hold in Lund, Sweden, 20th and 21st June 2022. In the framework of the NENA Initiative and the Research cooperation on earthen architecture “Earthen Architecture in Nordic research: Historic knowledge, Social Impact and Sustainability” (https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/projects/earthen-architecture-in-nordic-research-historic-knowledge-social) funded by the Nordic Research Council the second NOS-HS […]
The Miletus Excavation (www.miletgrabung.uni-hamburg.de) has a new website that provides information about the ruins of Miletus, its landscape, and its history. Miletus was one of the most important cities of classical antiquity. Photo: Miletus Excavation, University Hamburg The first excavations took place more than 130 years ago. Since 2018, they have been carried out by […]
The Istanbul Department is pleased to offer “Frühjahresführungen” again this year. On Sunday 05 June at 12:30, our colleague and architect Burcu Akan will talk about “Florya Atatürks Residenz am Meer und die türkische Architektur der klassischen Moderne”. Meeting point is at the Marmaray railway station Florya. The tour will be held in German. The […]
The 4th seminar of the 6th Research Network „Building, Building Economy and Building Sites“ was held online on April 1st and 2nd, 2022. It focused on the “lifecycle” of ancient buildings (Fig. 1). In this context, we asked for models for upkeep, repair and reuse. Another point was the relationship between continuity and change as […]
