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EGYPT , Germany. In its early years, the emphasis of its work was on , gratitude to the Society of the Friends of the German , GREECE , the countries of the Mediterranean and the Near East; today , Archaeological Institute - the Theodor Wiegand Society, GERMANY the Institute pursues world-wide its mission of basic research GERMANY to the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), the Ger- for the understanding of historical cultures. da Henkel Foundation, the Fritz Thyssen Foundation, the Volkswagen Foundation, the Peter Dornier Foundation, On April 21, 1829, a circle of friends of scholars, artists and the Franz and Eva Rutzen Foundation, the Swiss-Liech- (RGK), diplomats in Rome founded the „Instituto di corrispondenza Wiegand-Haus, office of the president in Berlin-Dahlem View towards the south of the in Selinunte Philippeion, Olympia Underwater off the peninsula Poel, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Coffin of Imeni, 2nd half of the 12th dynasty, Dra‘ Abu el-Naga (shaft grave K03.4) Reconstruction of a section of the city walls of Hattusha Excavation in Zambujal tenstein Foundation for Archaeological Research Abroad archeologica“, in order to research and make known the The office of the president and the central administration of The Rome Department is one of the most significant archaeo- The Athens Department, founded in 1874, is located in the In 1902, the Roman-Germanic Commission was founded as The „Kaiserlich Deutsches Institut für Ägyptische Altertums- The Department was founded in 1929 on the The Madrid Department, founded in 1943, has been located (SLSA), the John Max Wülfing Foundation, the Ernst von monuments of ancient art, epigraphy and topography. In the Institute have been located in Berlin since 1833. Additional logical research centers world-wide, looking back onto a center of Athens in a house that was built by the architects an institution with its own statute. Its mission is to conduct, kunde“ (Imperial German institute for the study of Egyptian occasion of the 100th anniversary of the DAI. Its antecedents since 1954 in a residential area erected in the International Siemens Foundation, the European Union, the German 1833, the administration of the DAI moved to Berlin. In 1871, areas are the library, the editing department for publications tradition of more than one hundred and seventy five years. Wilhelm Dörpfeld and Ernst Ziller in the classicist style for to advance and to publish prehistoric and early historical antiquities) was founded in 1907. It has been affiliated as date back to the activities of the Berlin museums in the 19th Style at the northern edge of the center of Madrid, since 1983 Ministry for Education and Research and many private it became initially a Prussian state institution and in 1874 an issued by the head office, the division of building archaeo- It houses the largest archaeological library in German posses- Heinrich Schliemann. The department maintains a prominent research, especially in Old Europe, from the most ancient a department to the DAI since 1929. The research area of century. Since 1989, the department is housed in a part of the in three houses. The research area is the archaeology of the donors and benefactors.

Imperial Institute. The DAI is presently a federal agency in logy for projects in the field of construction research, and the ROME DEPARTMENT sion, which represents a research instrument of international library and a extensive photo archive, which dates back to periods up to the early . It works closely toge- the department spans more than six millennia of historical building of the former German Embassy. The mission of the Iberian Peninsula and Morocco from prehistoric times to the the department of the Foreign Office with its head office in scientific department with archaeobotany, archaeozoology, standing due to its scope and on-site location. The photo the time of its founding. ther with universities, museums and heritage agencies and CAIRO DEPARTMENT developments from the most ancient, prehistoric times of department include research from the of Early Middle Ages. The library of the branch in Lisbon which You can support the work of the German MADRID DEPARTMENT

Berlin and several commissions and departments in Germany dendrochronology and radiocarbon dating. The range of archive of the house advances research and publications ATHENS DEPARTMENT maintains active contacts to corresponding specialist insti- Pharaonic culture through the Greek-Roman and Coptic and up to the . was closed 1999 was transferred as a permanent loan to the Archaeological Institute by making a donation to one of

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for the Institute, so numerous projects take place in co- 2003: sensational discovery of treasures), Barsuchij Log pre-imperial phases, predominantly in southern Italy and Mycenaean period up to the Roman Imperial Era. -GERMANIC COMMISSION database for European Archaeology-Literature (IDEA-L), cemetery, location of the cult of the god of death, Osiris). ceramics (a joint project with the University of Bonn). Córdoba (Islamic villas), Los Castillejos de Alcorrín (late Reason for transfer: operation with the institutions of host countries. In addition (Scythian elite burial), Chicha (late Age/early Iron Sicily as well as in central Italy are at the center of the current Olympia: Sanctuary of Zeus. Location of the Olympic www.machu.eu, www.sincos.org. Assuan: Fatimid necropolis. Buto: Research on the settle- Elaia: Main port of . settlement), Monte do Facho (sanctuary of ZV 90918037 + project keyword

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The commission with its own statute and its own advisory Archaeological research of the DAI in the Near East was In 1955 the DAI established a representative office in Baghdad. The Sana‘a branch evolved the Yemen expedition in 1978, Established in 1980, the representative office in Damascus is The Commission for Archaeology of Non-European Cultures The Eurasia Department was founded in 1995. The depart- The Tehran Department, founded in 1961, became a branch board was established in Munich in 1951 and incorporated merged into the Orient Department in 1996, whose central This created an institutional basis for German excavations that conducted by the DAI. The representative office in Sana’a has a centre of research for the understanding of prehistoric and was founded on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of ment is dedicated to the research of the interaction between of the Eurasia Department in 1996. Excavations were conduc- into the German Archaeological Institute in 1967. Research office is in Berlin. Representative offices of the Orient Depart- had been conducted since 1887 in . The Baghdad office been an integral part of the Orient Department since 1996. historic cultures in . It operates in close cooperation with the Institute in 1979. It undertakes archaeological research in the nomadic and sedentary cultures of the Eurasian steppes ted in the large Sassanian sanctuary at Takht-i Suleiman and activities cover ancient history as a whole, particularly in its ment abroad are present in Baghdad, Sana‘a and Damascus. was united with the newly established Orient Department Its field of activities includes research on the archaeology, the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums. America, Africa, and Oceania. Its scientific mission is to and of the adjacent southern areas from prehistory to the in the Urartian fort Bastam until 1979. The German-Iranian relation to archaeology. Fields of special interest are epigra- Research of the Orient Department is concerned with sites in 1996. The department’s sphere of work focuses upon the architectural history, philology and art history of southern In addition to archaeological research and field work, conser- make archaeological contributions to the history of humanity Middle Ages. Its field of activity includes the territory of the research project „Early mining and in western phy, numismatics, papyrology and historical topography. and landscapes that are of significance for the cultural his- cultures of , extending from prehistoric times Arabia from their beginnings to the Islamic period. In addition, vation projects on ancient monuments and their integration that has developed outside of Europe and the Old World. It Russian Federation, the GUS states as well as , Afghanistan, Central Iran“ has been carried out from here since 1999 and tory of the Near East. These include prehistoric settlements to the Islamic medieval period. At present there are no staff the Sana’a branch is involved in cultural and political projects in touristic concepts represents a central mission of the recent has already contributed within the scope of comprehensive Pakistan and China. it is the basis for the Iranian-German rescue excavations in With financial support of the Gerda Henkel and the Jacobi ORIENT DEPARTMENT and sanctuaries, centres of early Mesopotamian , members in the DAI office in Baghdad. The ongoing work is in Yemen aimed at the preservation of cultural heritage and work of the Damascus branch. questions to basic research. Darre-ye Bolaghi. EURASIA DEPARTMENT, Foundations the commission offers the Jacobi scholarship oases and caravan stations on the Frankincense Road and coordinated by the Orient Department in Berlin. the development of tourism. Projects for graduate students of ancient history enabling them to its hinterland, cities of the Hellenistic-Roman period as well Projects Projects Romania: Pietrele ( settlement hill). Projects spend up to three months in its library. as settlements and edifices of the Late Antiquity and the Projects Projects Orontes Survey: Determination of settlement patterns -EUROPEAN CULTURES Cross border research project: ancient water management. Bulgaria: Ovčarovo (early Neolithic settlement). Arisman: Prehistoric industrial settlement, primarily cop- Islamic period. Uruk/Warka: Major urban, administrative, political as well Marib: capital of the Sabaean empire, concept and organi- from the Neolithic to the Ottoman periods. Chile: Isla de Pascua (Easter Island, research on large sculp- Ukraine: Vojtenki (early historic settlement), Alma Kermen/ per and silver production, excavation and prospecting for Projects as religious centre (4th millennium BC–4th century AD) sation of the regional museum. Shir: Late Neolithic settlement. ture and other monuments). Zavetnoe (late Scythian necropolis). ore sources and ancient mining. Corpus of the official documents of Roman rule (CURH / Projects with particular scolarly focus (1st millennium BC); research Oasis Marib: Oasis survey, ancient water supply system, Palmyra: Urban development of the Hellenistic city. Peru: Geoglyphs of the Nazca culture, settlements bet- Russian Federation: Kepoi (ancient city on the Taman Darre-ye Bolaghi/Fars: Centres of pottery production

inscriptions and papyri), coordination of the Sylloge Num- Jordan: Gadara/Umm Qais (Hellenistic-Roman Decapolis), on the urban structure. BRANCH OF THE ORIENT DEPARTMENTcemetery at the Awâm temple, Bar’an temple. Qanawat/Kanatha: Roman city. ween the Pacific coast and Altiplano. peninsula). : Aruchlo (early Neolithic settlement), during the 5th millennium BC, investigation of lifestyle and morum Graecorum Germany, sympolities and synoecisms Tall al-Magass, Hujayrat al-Ghuzlan und Wadi Yitim Sippar: Prominent political and cultural centre in the Al Mabna: Early Sabaean settlement and late Antique Raphaneae: Roman garrison of a legion, late Antique Bolivia: Llanos de Moxos (pre-Hispanic settlement). Tachti Perda (Bronze Age tell settlement). settlement patterns in order to trace the origin of pastoral (processes of centralisation in the ). (metallurgical centres of the 4th millennium BC), 2nd–1st millennium BC (cooperation with the University of dam. town. Morocco: Prehistory of the eastern Rif mountains, Phoe- Uzbekistan: Bandixon (late Bronze and settle- nomadism in Fars, geoarchaeological research. Spain: Corpus Inscriptionum Latinarum II² (inscriptions Tell Khanasry and surroundings (late Iron Age - Hellenistic Baghdad). Sirwah: Sabaean city and oasis. Qreiye/Ayyash: Roman fort on the river. nicians in Mogador (together with the Department in ments). Pakistan: Sohr Damb/Nal (prehistoric settlement), from Hispania). fortifications in regional context). Wadi Hauran: Rock carvings and Neolithic settlements. Jabal al-‘Awd: Early Himyar fortified mountain settlement. Resafa: Martyr’s shrine, important pilgrim’s site and late Madrid). Pak-German Gandhara Project/Kashmir Smast (early histo- SANA‘A SANA‘A TEHRAN BRANCH OF THE EURASIA DEPARTMENT

Turkey: Supplement to the corpus of Greek inscriptions Lebanon: Baalbek (sanctuary, Roman and Medieval BAGHDAD BRANCH OFTHE ORIENT DEPARTMENT Antique – early Medieval town. Yemen: Marib - the Great Dam. ric cult cave). Afghanistan: Kabul (Mogul period, gardens

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