News & Insights from the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute
We invite you to our annual Winckelmann Lecture, which will take place on 14.12.2023 at 18.00 (Istanbul time) / 16.00 (CET). After the welcoming by the Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany Mr. Johannes Regenbrecht, and the annual report of the DAI Istanbul Department by the Director Prof. Dr. Felix Pirson, the keynote […]
Research Cluster 1 “Neolithic Worlds” Lecture Series In the frame of our newly initiated lecture series, DAI-Research-Cluster 1 “Neolithic Worlds” is pleased to announce a public (online) lecture by Dr. Lee Clare (DAI Istanbul) Image: L. Clare THURSDAY 23rd November 2023, 17:00 hrs (Berlin) / 19:00 hrs (Istanbul) Recent Developments at the Early Neolithic Site […]
The Sirkeli Höyük, located about 40km east of Adana on the Ceyhan River, is one of the largest Bronze and Iron Age ruin mounds in Cilician Plain, today’s Çukurova. The Turkish-Swiss research project, which has been in existence since 2012, was able to gain important insights into the structure and extent of the ancient settlement […]
Traditional Residential Architecture is a widely underrepresented Cultural Heritage under immense threat due to deterioration caused by individual neglection, natural disasters, and armed conflicts. The speakers will reflect in this evening event on the past and future of this valuable architectural heritage: the varied types of Levantine residential architecture and its changes in shape and […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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. The Indian Ocean was already in ancient times a highly frequented sailed region. From the late first century BC, Roman merchants also sent ships from […]
