DAI Istanbul Spring Tours 2023
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
In our new category Book of the Month, we would like to introduce you to a book from our library each month. We will start with the publication „…die Reste […]
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 […]
The online exhibition “An Archive within an Archive”, which was prepared for the International Congress of Byzantine Studies in Venice and Padua in August 2022 is now also available in […]
Unfortunately, the lecture „Luxus & Exotismus. Die Repräsentation des römischen Indienhandels im 1.-4. Jh. n. Chr.“ on Thursday, 6 April 2023 has to be cancelled. Thank you for your understanding. […]
On their journeys to distant and unknown lands, late antique pilgrims experienced sacred landscapes marked by special natural formations. At these sacred sites, the touching of objects, relics, and natural […]
The newest DAI Brochure 2023 is now online and available in German and Turkish! Download the DAI Istanbul Brochure now! DAI Istanbul 21.2023
In light of the horrible earthquakes and the great suffering they brought, there will be no public lectures in March. The events will be rescheduled at the next possible date. […]
We are shocked by the news of the earthquake in southeastern parts of Turkey and northern Syria and the extent of the suffering it has caused. Our thoughts are with […]
We ask for your understanding that, in view of the catastrophic earthquakes and the great suffering associated with them, we are postponing the lecture on 16 February. The lecture will […]
The year 2020 marked a quarter of a century since the beginning of archaeological excavations at Göbekli Tepe. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic, this anniversary was somewhat forgotten. Reason enough […]
It has been a long time since we last posted something on our blog “Tepe Telegrams”. The COVID-pandemic and everything that came with it also affected us. In the beginning, […]
Socio-Ecological Approaches to the History and Archaeology of Anatolia The research networks of the Istanbul Department of the DAI and its partners aim to strengthen the exchange of knowledge between […]