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The history of archaeology in the Republic of Türkiye begins before the foundation of the Republic and dates back to the 19th century, with the enactment of the first laws for the protection of the ancient cultural heritage of the Ottoman Empire. With the founding of the Republic by Atatürk, archaeology also took on a […]
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 72nd volume of the Istanbuler Mitteilungen has been published in a new design and is now also available online in addition to the printed edition. From the Late Chalcolithic period of Eastern Anatolia to the early times of Pergamon and the rural settlement of Galatia in Byzantine times, there are exciting contributions. The volume […]
As the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute, we are pleased to inform you on behalf of our workshop which will focus on Archaeoseismology. The workshop will be held on 19-20 August in Pergamon / Bergama. The event will aim to create awareness around the generic theme of archaeological sites in potential seismic danger […]
Every find that archaeologists make by digging in the ground is actually a tiny piece of a big story. It is also possible to dig through an archive just like an archaeologist and find a lot of stories. These stories might be about a photographer who worked in the archive, a visitor who happened to […]
Dear Readers, Our library will be closed between 26.06.-31.08.2023. We wish you a nice time during the summer. Thank you for your understanding.
The book we would like to introduce this month is fresh from the press “Kirkbride at Çatalhöyük: The Çatalhöyük slides of Diana Kirkbride-Helbaek from 1963 (ed. by Moritz Kinzel)”. It contains many photographs of Çatalhöyük reliefs and wall paintings, some of which we have only known from drawings. It is well known that some of […]
Hierapolis of Phrygia is located in Western Anatolia in the Lycus Valley (modern Pamukkale). The city was founded by the Seleucids in the late 3rd cent. BC and had an intense urban development throughout its history. The Ionic order was an essential, long-lasting architectural language, used from the Hellenistic to the Imperial age in public […]
We are pleased to announce the 2023 spring tours! Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson will start with the “Highlights of the Istanbul Archaeological Museum” on Sunday, 04.06.2023 at 12:00. The meeting point is at the entrance to the Archaeological Museum. The tour will be held in German. Please bring the Müze Kart with you.
Antique remains used to be documented through drawings and engravings or with gypsum casts and models even before archaeology became an established scientific occupation. These products of artists and travellers, although sometimes blended with fantasy, were the primary visual source of information until photography was introduced and applied in archaeology. These early documents are sources […]
