{"id":9215,"date":"2024-04-29T08:51:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-29T06:51:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/about-the-excavation-project\/"},"modified":"2025-05-20T09:42:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T07:42:39","slug":"about-the-excavation-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Excavation Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7c40edef wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9224 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the Euphrates&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/why-doliche\/\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9238 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"sat overlay wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/urban-area-of-doliche\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><figure class=\"wp-caption fsmcfi-fig featured\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"799\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Keber-Tepe.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Urban Area of Doliche\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Keber-Tepe.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Keber-Tepe-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Keber-Tepe-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-29fd3f7f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-10c04dbca04e5cba1b3e4b7cb9c2bee7 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/urban-area-of-doliche\/\" target=\"_self\" >Urban Area of Doliche<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-973289b4cfc0bb0091f3ca32cb835a59 wp-block-post-excerpt has-medium-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The ancient settlement area of Doliche was located on Keber Tepe, a natural, saddle-shaped elevation that juts out into the fertile plain of Nizip \u00c7ay&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/urban-area-of-doliche\/\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7c40edef wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" 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wp-post-image\" alt=\"The Commagene Landscape\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/csm_DSC_0425_131b621936-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/csm_DSC_0425_131b621936-2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/csm_DSC_0425_131b621936-2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-29fd3f7f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-10c04dbca04e5cba1b3e4b7cb9c2bee7 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/the-commagene-landscape\/\" target=\"_self\" >The Commagene Landscape<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0;margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-8efe2afaceb0f84eeb171ddf1a7ffba3 wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The landscape of Kommagene stretches between the Taurus Mountains and the Euphrates. Today it is part of south-eastern Turkey, but in ancient times it was&hellip;<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-text\"><a class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/the-commagene-landscape\/\">read more<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-query is-layout-flow wp-block-query-is-layout-flow\"><ul class=\"wp-block-post-template is-layout-flow wp-block-post-template-is-layout-flow\"><li class=\"wp-block-post post-9232 page type-page status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry\">\n<figure style=\"aspect-ratio:16\/9\" class=\"sat overlay wp-block-post-featured-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/research-history\/\" target=\"_self\"  ><figure class=\"wp-caption fsmcfi-fig featured\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"525\" src=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wagner.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Research History\" style=\"width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wagner.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wagner-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/Wagner-768x504.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-29fd3f7f wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-right:0px;padding-left:0px\"><h2 style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:700;padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-10c04dbca04e5cba1b3e4b7cb9c2bee7 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color has-large-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doliche.uni-muenster.de\/en\/about-the-excavation-project\/research-history\/\" target=\"_self\" >Research History<\/a><\/h2>\n\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:0\" class=\"has-link-color wp-elements-973289b4cfc0bb0091f3ca32cb835a59 wp-block-post-excerpt has-medium-font-size\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">As the home of Iuppiter Dolichenus, Doliche was a place of supra-regional importance. 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