Day 184 Göbekli Tepe
Göbekli Tepe, which is located 15 kilometres east of the city of Şanlıurfa (SE-Turkey), is an artificial mound (höyük) comprised of archaeological deposits from a period spanning some 1.500 years […]
Day 112 The largest Neolithic site in Europe
The south-east Transdanubian Region known as the Sárköz was an important zone of interaction from the earliest Neolithic to the middle Copper Age. In this area, Neolithic cultures such as […]
Day 111 A roman horse’s head
Ten years ago on 10 August 2009 a team from the DAI’s Romano-Germanic Commission made an extraordinary discovery at the site of Waldgirmes near Wetzlar, a Roman settlement from around […]
Day 110 Out of Africa in the Eastern Rif mountains
Since 1995 the Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures has been working with the Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine – Morocco’s antiquities authority – on research […]
Day 109 Archaeology and shell money
Archaeological research in the Melanesian cultural area needs the input of ethnology. The living traditions and ways of life of different ethnic groups appear like a unique reflection of bygone […]
Day 108 Tracing the Colchian Culture in Georgia
The settlement mound of Tabakoni near the village of Torsa in western Georgia is the site of a joint research project by the Eurasia Department and Sokhumi University in Tbilisi, […]
Day 107 Selinunte – history of a Greek colony
Selinunte was the largest Greek colony on Sicily in terms of area. It was founded at the end of the 7th century BC by the mother city Megara Hyblaea further […]
Day 106 The Cairo Department
The German expedition house in Thebes was officially opend for operations on 24 December 1904. Its purpose was to offer researchers and artists an opportunity for “thorough work and fresh […]
Day 105 The easternmost Greek trading post
Taganrog lies about 60 kilometres west of Rostov on the Don and some 10 kilometres from where the Don today flows into the Sea of Azov. The settlement at the […]