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Evening Lecture: WILHELM DÖRPFELD, EIN PIONIER DER ARCHÄOLOGISCHEN DENKMALPFLEGE

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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Istanbuler Mitteilungen 60/2010 to 70/2020 are available online as PDFs

The publication platform iDAI.publications is an important element in the digital research landscape (iDAI.world) of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI). iDAI.publications is a platform for digital editions of a large number of DAI journals, monographs, series and anthologies providing worldwide access. The Istanbul Department’s journal Istanbuler Mitteilungen (IstMitt) was first published over 80 years ago. […]

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

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

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 […]

Events2024

47th International Mediterranean Survey (IMS) Workshop

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, at which survey-related research of recent fieldwork and methodological studies can be presented, explored and tested. […]

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Lecture Announcement: INNOVATION IN ROMAN PISIDIA. FROM CUISINE TO ECONOMIC GROWTH

Our evening lecture series continues. This time on an unusual day of the week for our evening lectures. Next MONDAY, Prof. Dr. Jeroen Poblome (Leuven) will talk about ‘Innovation in Roman Pisidia. From Cuisine to Economic Growth’. This paper starts from a presentation on innovations in cooking technology and culinary practices in the Pisidian city […]