{"id":560,"date":"2021-10-24T23:39:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-24T23:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/dai1\/?page_id=560"},"modified":"2022-06-23T13:46:24","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T11:46:24","slug":"stories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/stories\/","title":{"rendered":"All posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates has-author connected_stories wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/25\/carnival-at-the-dai-athens-1896-1910\/\" aria-label=\"&#8220;Den kleinen Fredrich hatten wir als B\u00e4uerin verkleidet &#8230;&#8221; \u2013 Carnival at the DAI Athens 1896\u20131910\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/12\/TeaserD-DAI-ATH-1973-1161-blog-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/12\/TeaserD-DAI-ATH-1973-1161-blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/12\/TeaserD-DAI-ATH-1973-1161-blog.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/25\/carnival-at-the-dai-athens-1896-1910\/\">&#8220;Den kleinen Fredrich hatten wir als B\u00e4uerin verkleidet &#8230;&#8221; \u2013 Carnival at the DAI Athens 1896\u20131910<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-02-25T21:51:24+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">25\/02\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When Engelbert Drerup arrived in Athens in February 1896 after a tiring journey from Italy, he was immediately immersed in the boisterous greek Carnival activities underway at the DAI: \u201cAt the Institute, right away I met Mr. D\u00f6rpfeld, Mr. Wolters, and Mr. Wilhelm, i.e. the leading figures at the German and Austrian station, the first of whom invited me right &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/25\/carnival-at-the-dai-athens-1896-1910\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/01\/28\/angelis-kosmopoulos-everyone-who-has-ever-been-involved-with-the-german-institute-and-its-work-knows-this-man\/\" aria-label=\"Angelis Kosmopoulos (c.1843\u20131937)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/10\/01-D-DAI-ATH-Thera-0384-teaser-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/10\/01-D-DAI-ATH-Thera-0384-teaser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/10\/01-D-DAI-ATH-Thera-0384-teaser.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/01\/28\/angelis-kosmopoulos-everyone-who-has-ever-been-involved-with-the-german-institute-and-its-work-knows-this-man\/\">Angelis Kosmopoulos (c.1843\u20131937)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-01-28T19:30:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">28\/01\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">\u201cEveryone who has ever been involved with the German Institute and its work knows this man\u201d This entry is dedicated to Angelis Kosmopoulos, a Greek who helped shape the image of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens for decades. The basic facts of Angelis Kosmopoulos\u2019s life (ca. 1843\u20131937) have been recounted many times, and are well-known (Goessler 1951, 32; Moustaka &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/01\/28\/angelis-kosmopoulos-everyone-who-has-ever-been-involved-with-the-german-institute-and-its-work-knows-this-man\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2021\/12\/21\/eugen-petersen-1836-1919\/\" aria-label=\"Eugen Petersen (1836\u20131919)\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/03a_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0057Teaser-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/03a_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0057Teaser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/03a_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0057Teaser.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2021\/12\/21\/eugen-petersen-1836-1919\/\">Eugen Petersen (1836\u20131919)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2021-12-21T10:07:27+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">21\/12\/2021<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The classical archaeologist Eugen Petersen is known primarily as the long-serving director of DAI Rome. His name is not, however, necessarily associated with the DAI Athens: a good reason to remember him here and recount his time at the Athenian department. The Centraldirektion (Executive Committee [EC]) of the DAI appointed Eugen Petersen First Secretary of the department in 1886. He &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2021\/12\/21\/eugen-petersen-1836-1919\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/02\/the-first-and-only-female-photographer-at-the-dai-athens\/\" aria-label=\"Eva-Maria Czak\u00f3 (1918\u20132012) \u2013 the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/01\/D-DAI-ATH-2019-10556-Teaser-1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/01\/D-DAI-ATH-2019-10556-Teaser-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/01\/D-DAI-ATH-2019-10556-Teaser-1.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/02\/the-first-and-only-female-photographer-at-the-dai-athens\/\">Eva-Maria Czak\u00f3 (1918\u20132012) \u2013 the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-02T14:05:43+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">02\/06\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Eva-Maria Czak\u00f3 (19.12.1918\u201316.6.2012) 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 professional photographer from 1954 to 1962, capturing in her photos Greek antiquities and, of course, the Institute&#8217;s excavations and finds. Youth and early career After studying art history, Czak\u00f3 trained &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/02\/the-first-and-only-female-photographer-at-the-dai-athens\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/12\/20\/it-began-as-a-winter-tale-of-sorts\/\" aria-label=\"Excavating the Kabireion near Thebes \u2013 it began as a winter tale &#8230; of sorts\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/D-DAI-ATH-Kabirion-0004Teaser-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/D-DAI-ATH-Kabirion-0004Teaser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/D-DAI-ATH-Kabirion-0004Teaser.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/12\/20\/it-began-as-a-winter-tale-of-sorts\/\">Excavating the Kabireion near Thebes \u2013 it began as a winter tale &#8230; of sorts<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-12-20T01:23:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">20\/12\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">On this day, 135 years ago, on the 20th of December 1887, the excavation of the Kabireion near Thebes in Boetia started by members of the DAI Athens and travel grant holders of the DAI. Little did they know that they would initiate a project that would last until the 1970s, almost a century. In the fall of 1887, Paul &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/12\/20\/it-began-as-a-winter-tale-of-sorts\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/04\/29\/georgios-paraskevopoulos-2\/\" aria-label=\"Georgios Paraskevopoulos\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/05_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0055TeaserV1-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/05_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0055TeaserV1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2021\/11\/05_D-DAI-ATH-1990-0055TeaserV1.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/04\/29\/georgios-paraskevopoulos-2\/\">Georgios Paraskevopoulos<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-04-29T13:15:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">29\/04\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">In addition to Angelis Kosmopoulos who was among other things famous for his beard and fustanella, there was another Greek foreman who played an important part in the early excavations of the DAI. However, his legacy is not nearly as conspicuous to outsiders and thus he remains far less well-known today: his name is Georgios Paraskevopoulos. He is not, however, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/04\/29\/georgios-paraskevopoulos-2\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/02\/28\/heinrich-schliemann-1822-1890\/\" aria-label=\"Heinrich Schliemann (1822\u20131890)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/Schliemann_teaser-Kopie-300x200.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/Schliemann_teaser-Kopie-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/02\/Schliemann_teaser-Kopie.png 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/02\/28\/heinrich-schliemann-1822-1890\/\">Heinrich Schliemann (1822\u20131890)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katja Sporn<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-02-28T11:10:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">28\/02\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Heinrich Schliemann (1822\u20131890) and the DAI Athens Heinrich Schliemann, whose two-hundredth birthday was celebrated earlier this year (* Jan. 6, 1822; \u2020 Dec. 26, 1890), was important to the German Archeological Institute in a particular way. When the Department in Athens was founded in 1874, it originally had no premises of its own. Instead, it operated out of a rented &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/02\/28\/heinrich-schliemann-1822-1890\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/03\/21\/hildegund-gropengiesser-1928-2019\/\" aria-label=\"Hildegund Gropengiesser (1928\u20132019)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/03\/Gropengiesser-Teaser-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/03\/Gropengiesser-Teaser-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/03\/Gropengiesser-Teaser.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/03\/21\/hildegund-gropengiesser-1928-2019\/\">Hildegund Gropengiesser (1928\u20132019)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-03-21T14:00:00+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">21\/03\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Hildegund Gropengiesser (*Jan. 15th 1928, \u2020June 16th 2019) was one of the first female German archeologists to participate actively in field campaigns in Greece. She witnessed the reopening of the Athens Department of the DAI after WWII and was one of the first German women to have a successful career as a classical archeologist. She first came into contact with &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/03\/21\/hildegund-gropengiesser-1928-2019\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/03\/08\/a-pillar-of-the-athens-department-during-the-emil-kunze-years\/\" aria-label=\"Maria Tzannetaki (1925\u20132004) A Pillar of the Athens Department during the Emil Kunze years\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/tz-Tzannetakis-Teaser-graustufen-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/tz-Tzannetakis-Teaser-graustufen-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/03\/tz-Tzannetakis-Teaser-graustufen.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/03\/08\/a-pillar-of-the-athens-department-during-the-emil-kunze-years\/\">Maria Tzannetaki (1925\u20132004) A Pillar of the Athens Department during the Emil Kunze years<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katja Sporn<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-03-08T09:23:44+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">08\/03\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">While there is abundant information about former directors and aides of the Institute in comprehensive accounts of its history, in obituaries, and in Festschriften, things are very different for people who did not publish or whose names do not appear in printed documents. It is not easy to get a picture of the active support personnel whose efforts made smooth &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/03\/08\/a-pillar-of-the-athens-department-during-the-emil-kunze-years\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/17\/otto-luders-1844-1912-the-first-director-of-the-dai-athens\/\" aria-label=\"Otto L\u00fcders (1844 \u2013 1912) \u2013 the first director of the DAI Athens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/Teaser-Lueders-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/Teaser-Lueders-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/02\/Teaser-Lueders.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/17\/otto-luders-1844-1912-the-first-director-of-the-dai-athens\/\">Otto L\u00fcders (1844 \u2013 1912) \u2013 the first director of the DAI Athens<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Dimitris Grigoropoulos<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-02-17T18:36:48+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">17\/02\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When the Athens department of the DAI was formally founded in 1874, the philologist-turned-diplomat Otto L\u00fcders was the first person to be appointed as its director, at the time called the Sekretar (\u201cSecretary\u201d). He held this position only briefly, and until recently very little was known about his time at the DAI. Fortunately, recent work on the institute\u2019s archive in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/02\/17\/otto-luders-1844-1912-the-first-director-of-the-dai-athens\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/15\/otto-rubensohn-and-the-excavations-of-the-dai-in-paros-1898-1899\/\" aria-label=\"Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898\u20131899)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/Rubensohn-Teaser_B0148896-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/Rubensohn-Teaser_B0148896-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/06\/Rubensohn-Teaser_B0148896.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/15\/otto-rubensohn-and-the-excavations-of-the-dai-in-paros-1898-1899\/\">Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898\u20131899)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Vasiliki Barlou-Jaeggi<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-06-15T19:11:48+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">15\/06\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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 name was Otto Rubensohn (1867\u20131964, fig. 1) and his mission was to conduct small-scale excavations on behalf of the DAI Athens. One of his primary goals was to search for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/06\/15\/otto-rubensohn-and-the-excavations-of-the-dai-in-paros-1898-1899\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/06\/17\/mykene-63\/\" aria-label=\"Schliemann at the Lion Gate? \u2013 &#8216;Mykene 63&#8217; \u2013 a starting point for much more\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Fig. 1: Mycenae. Alleged figure of Heinrich Schliemann at the Lions Gate. D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063, detail\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-1536x1153.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-1170x878.jpg 1170w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-740x556.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-1696x1272.jpg 1696w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/06\/01_D-DAI-ATH-Mykene-0063-848x636.jpg 848w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/06\/17\/mykene-63\/\">Schliemann at the Lion Gate? \u2013 &#8216;Mykene 63&#8217; \u2013 a starting point for much more<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-06-17T15:00:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">17\/06\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The photograph known as &#8216;Mykene 63&#8217;, which allegedly shows Heinrich Schliemann standing next to the famous Lion Gate of Mycenae, is undoubtedly one of the most renowned images kept in the photographic archive of the DAI Athens. Since this year marks Heinrich Schliemann\u2019s 200th birthday, it is a fitting occasion to set the record straight and tell the real story &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/06\/17\/mykene-63\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/04\/24\/the-astronomer-johann-friedrich-julius-schmidt-1825-1884-and-the-dai-athens\/\" aria-label=\"The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Teaser_Schmidt_NMatsopoulosArchiveNOA-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Teaser_Schmidt_NMatsopoulosArchiveNOA-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/04\/Teaser_Schmidt_NMatsopoulosArchiveNOA.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/04\/24\/the-astronomer-johann-friedrich-julius-schmidt-1825-1884-and-the-dai-athens\/\">The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Veronika F\u00fchrer<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-04-24T18:51:23+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">24\/04\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">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 (\u203aKurrentschrift\u2039), is difficult to read. In early April 2022, Katharina Brandt identified the author as the astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt, who was born in Eutin on October 26, 1825 &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/04\/24\/the-astronomer-johann-friedrich-julius-schmidt-1825-1884-and-the-dai-athens\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/30\/theodor-wiegand-1864-1936-his-rocky-road-to-archaeology\/\" aria-label=\"Theodor Wiegand (1864\u20131936) \u2013 His rocky road to archaeology\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Teaser_Wiegand_mit_anderen_Stipendiaten-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Teaser_Wiegand_mit_anderen_Stipendiaten-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Teaser_Wiegand_mit_anderen_Stipendiaten.jpg 364w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/30\/theodor-wiegand-1864-1936-his-rocky-road-to-archaeology\/\">Theodor Wiegand (1864\u20131936) \u2013 His rocky road to archaeology<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Marie-Christin K\u00fcnzelmann<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-10-30T12:12:17+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">30\/10\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Theodor Wiegand \u2013 the famous excavator of Priene, Miletus and Didyma \u2013 began his career under unfavourable auspices. When he came to the DAI Athens, he was uncertain about his future. His time at the Institute, however, shaped him profoundly; it was here that he became the practical archaeologist and excavator as he is still known today. Much has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/30\/theodor-wiegand-1864-1936-his-rocky-road-to-archaeology\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/11\/24\/wilhelm-wilberg-1872-1956-and-his-family\/\" aria-label=\"Wilhelm Wilberg (1872\u20131956) and his family\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Teaser-b-Wilberg-D-DAI-ATH-Athen-Bauten-0070-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Teaser-b-Wilberg-D-DAI-ATH-Athen-Bauten-0070-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2022\/11\/Teaser-b-Wilberg-D-DAI-ATH-Athen-Bauten-0070.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/11\/24\/wilhelm-wilberg-1872-1956-and-his-family\/\">Wilhelm Wilberg (1872\u20131956) and his family<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katharina Brandt<\/div><time datetime=\"2022-11-24T13:44:20+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">24\/11\/2022<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Several members of the Wilberg family have been closely connected to the DAI Athens since its establishment in 1874, especially Karl Wilberg, an Athenian bookseller and consul, and his son, Wilhelm, who served as Wilhelm D\u00f6rpfeld\u2019s assistant on excavations. This entry was prompted by the recent publication of the book \u203aBauzeichnung und Rekonstruktion. Der Bauforscher Wilhelm Wilberg und die Arch\u00e4ologie &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2022\/11\/24\/wilhelm-wilberg-1872-1956-and-his-family\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/17\/a-brief-overview-of-the-work-of-a-painter-and-printmaker-who-worked-with-the-german-archaeological-institute\/\" aria-label=\"Yannis Stinis (1914\u20132001) \u2013 A brief overview of the work of a painter and printmaker who worked with the German Archaeological Institute\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Yannis-Stinis_Teaser-copyright-300x200.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Yannis-Stinis_Teaser-copyright-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2023\/10\/Yannis-Stinis_Teaser-copyright.jpg 363w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/17\/a-brief-overview-of-the-work-of-a-painter-and-printmaker-who-worked-with-the-german-archaeological-institute\/\">Yannis Stinis (1914\u20132001) \u2013 A brief overview of the work of a painter and printmaker who worked with the German Archaeological Institute<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Charis Kanellopoulou<\/div><time datetime=\"2023-10-17T19:52:23+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">17\/10\/2023<\/time><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Laborious and prolific painter Yannis Stinis (Athens, 1914\u20132001) (fig. 1) produced works that reveal his interest in the lively representation of the Greek landscape. Stinis was also a printmaker and banknote designer, belonging to the artistic staff of the Bank of Greece Printing Works (National Mint\/IETA) that contributed, from 1940 onwards, to the development of the art of the national &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/2023\/10\/17\/a-brief-overview-of-the-work-of-a-painter-and-printmaker-who-worked-with-the-german-archaeological-institute\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-560","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=560"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/560\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dainst.blog\/people-at-the-dai-athens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}