PEOPLE AT THE DAI ATHENS
Welcome to a blog of the Athens department of the German Archaeological Institute in view of its 150th anniversary in 2024
- Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898–1899)
On June 17, 1898, 125 years ago, a young Jewish German archaeologist arrived at Parikia, the capital of the island of Paros, after an exhausting 13-hour voyage from Piraeus. His … Read More - Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012) – the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens
Eva-Maria Czakó (19.12.1918–16.6.2012) was the first and remains the only female photographer at the DAI Athens. When the Institute was reopened after the Second World War, she worked as a … Read More - The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens
Among the holdings of the DAI Athens archive, there is a fragmented personal diary whose author had not been identified until recently, as the handwriting, a hastily written cursive script … Read More
