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.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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
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.
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. […]
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 […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]
von Kerstin P. Hofmann Am 16. August 2025 feierten wir den 100. Geburtstag von Ferdinand Maier – langjähriger Mitarbeiter und Direktor der RGK – mit einem Kolloquium, einer Buchpräsentation und […]
On 3 and 4 July 2025, the KulturGutRetter project presented equipment specially developed for the ‘Cultural Heritage Response Unit’ (CHRU) to European partners at the THW logistics centre in Hilden. […]
Am 3. und 4. Juli 2025 stellte das Projekt KulturGutRetter im Logistikzentrum des THW in Hilden die speziell für die „Cultural Heritage Response Unit“ (CHRU) entwickelte Einsatzausstattung zur Notversorgung von […]
At the end of April 2025, IT experts from the Cultural Heritage Response Unit (CHRU) and colleagues from the THW’s ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) department came together in Berlin […]
