A Memory from the Archives
Years ago, in the days of analog photography, Natalia Teteriatnikov entered the photographic archive of the Istanbul Department of the German Archaeological Institute in a rather challenging situation. She had […]
Studierende der Universität Leipzig unterwegs in Pergamon: Drei Perspektiven der Kampagne 2025
Aus der Fundbearbeitung erzählt Emma Gronwold, die als Bachelorstudentin sechs Wochen vor Ort war; von der Ausgrabung berichtet Luca Pech, ebenfalls Bachelorstudent, der acht Wochen als Schnittleiter tätig war; und Berglind Hatje, Doktorandin im Surveyprojekt, gibt Einblicke in ihre Arbeiten im Rahmen des Projekts.
Pergamon Digital Map 2 Released: A New Milestone in the Archaeological Mapping of the Ancient City
Five years after the publication of the first Pergamon Digital Map in November 2020, the new Pergamon Digital Map 2 (2025) is now available. This updated and expanded edition represents a major step forward in documenting, visualizing, and sharing the archaeological landscape of ancient Pergamon and its peri-urban area.
New Publication: Hellenistic Funerary Culture in Pergamon and the Aeolis
The volume brings together sixteen contributions examining funerary landscapes, inscriptions, human remains, and burial practices in Pergamon and the Aeolian cities of Aigai, Kyme, and Elaia, as well as in Mytilene and Antandros.
From the Mountains to the City: Field Notes from the Selinus Valley
This season’s fieldwork explored the Selinus Valley upstream of ancient Pergamon, tracing how the river shaped – and was shaped by – human activity. Using geomorphological methods, drilling cores, and pebble counts, the team investigated past fluvial dynamics, flood histories, and modern alterations to understand the evolving relationship between landscape and settlement in the Pergamon Micro-Region.
Tracing Ancient Parasites to Understand the Past: Parasitology Research at the RGK
by Sina-Marie Hahn Dr. Céline Maicher (Chrono-environnement Laboratory in Besançon and University Marie and Louis Pasteur) (Photo: Sina-Marie Hahn (RGK) // DAI + RGK). Dr. Céline Maicher, associate researcher at […]
Bridging Past and Future: Digital Archaeology at the RGK
by Sina-Marie Hahn Dr. Hristijan Talevski, Senior Research Associate at the Public Research Institution Institute of Old Slavic Culture – Prilep, North Macedonia, is one of three grant holders conducting research at […]
RGK: An International Hub for Archaeological Research
by Sina-Marie Hahn The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) promotes young scholars, international exchange, and cooperation with partner institutions. Scholarship programmes, research support and extended research stays at its library the […]
New article published: Study reveals side-effects of the transformation
A new study sheds light on the transformation from the Hellenistic to the Roman Imperial period by demonstrating the impact of increased human activity on soil erosion and alluvial fan growth.
Starke J, Doğan M, Ludwig B, Nykamp M, Schütt B, Becker F (2025): Alluvial fan development mirrors settlement dynamics in the peri-urban surroundings of ancient Pergamon, western Türkiye. Mediterranean Geoscience Reviews
City and Micro-Region in the Ancient Mediterranean (and Beyond)
The two-part conference “City and Micro-Region in the Ancient Mediterranean (and Beyond)” explores how city and micro-regional dynamics shaped the ancient Mediterranean world. Following the successful Madrid event in May, the second colloquium in Istanbul (30 October – 1 November 2025) will focus on questions of connectivity and comparison.
New training round launched in the KulturGutRetter project
From September 22 to 24, 2025, around 60 volunteer team members participated in a practical station training at the THW logistics center in Hilden as part of the KulturGutRetter project. […]
Neue Ausbildungsrunde im Projekt KulturGutRetter
Vom 22. bis 24. September 2025 absolvierten im Projekt KulturGutRetter rund 60 ehrenamtliche Teammitglieder eine praxisorientierte Stationsausbildung im Logistikzentrum des THW in Hilden. Die Schulung bereitet die Cultural Heritage Response […]
From City to Mountains: New Traces of Life and Cult around Pergamon
In August and September, our team set out once again into the Pergamon Micro-Region. From the valleys around the Selinus River to the slopes of the Geyikli Mountains, we traced ancient estates, fortresses, farmsteads, and cult places. These discoveries bring us closer to understanding how Pergamon’s countryside was organized and lived in during the Hellenistic and Roman Imperial periods.
New study published: Agricultural potential in ancient Pergamon
by Robert Busch A new article from our project was recently published in the journal PLOS One. The article discusses the natural potential for agriculture in the Pergamon Micro-Region between […]
Veröffentlichung: Landwirtschaftliches Potenzial im antiken Pergamon – neue Studie erschienen
by Robert Busch Im Journal PLOS One ist ein neuer Artikel aus unserem Projekt erschienen, der sich mit dem natürlichen Potenzial für Ackerbau in der Pergamon Mikroregion zwischen 400 v. Chr. und […]
