Kategorie: Grabungstagebuch „Doliche Diaries“
-
Way Down Under the Ground
von
by Ceren Ak I am a winter person. I hate the sun, the burning and the heat. I can literally feel my skin cooking whenever I am under the bright sun light. However, whenever I…
-
The Processing of Finds in the Excavation House
von
by Jonas Laxander What happens to the finds from the excavation on Keber Tepe? Who works in the find processing and what does a typical day at the excavation house look like? A key step…
-
How Do We Protect the finds from the excavation?
von
by Özgün Öykü Şanlı Greetings from Antep! The day at Doliche starts at 07.00 in the conservation-restoration laboratory. The first thing we do is to get our scalpels, bristle brushes and cotton bamboo sticks ready.…
-
The entablature of the Roman Imperial Temple
von
by Verena Mähser The building research team led by Theresa Pommer has been working for three years on the monumental Roman temple in the centre of ancient Doliche. The aim is to study the building…
-
A new season begins. Doliche 2024
von
The end of July marked the start of a new season of excavations in Doliche. Over the next two months, an international team of specialists and students will continue to explore the ancient city of…
-
Over sticks and stones
von
A small video documentation of this year’s campaign While this year’s campaign, admittedly, fell a bit short regarding the posts here on our blog, we were hard-pressed due to time constraints and other problems. Luckily,…
-
Oh, Temple of the hill, what is your wisdom?
von
Building archaeology accompanying the 2022 campaign As you could already read about in another post, the focus while excavating this year lies on a roman imperial temple, found in the ancient city centre. While the…
-
(No) Fear and Loathing in Antioch
von
For our third weekend of this year’s campaign, we planned an overnight trip to Antakya from the 10th to the 11th of September. Antakya presented itself as a compelling destination for the modern city is…
-
A Temple „intra muros“ in Doliche?
von
Last year, excavations started on the newly acquired field 414 in the eastern part of Doliche. The field is adjacent to the area, where we have excavated a Roman imperial bath house and remains of…
-
The Doliche Excavation IV
von
The Fieldwork strikes back! After a late arrival in Doliche this year due to a postponement of a couple of weeks, our yearly excavation in Gaziantep is a go! And with this late start everybody…
