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A New Temple Uncovered!
Results of our 2021 campaign Now that some time has passed after the end of our field campaign, and after we have returned to our offices in Germany, we had the time to begin analysing…
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Urban explorers of Dülük
The ancient city of Doliche, where our excavation takes place, sits on one of the many hills, which define the landscape around the modern village of Dülük. While we are working throughout the week the…
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A day in the life of a find processing archaeologist
The working day starts after a quick breakfast at 6:45 am. At first, we must put the finds from the previous day into the database and sort it into boxes in the depot or give…
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A very ‘small’ update
During this year’s campaign, we finally finished the work on a grave chamber in Doliche which we had the opportunity to excavate in 2017. The chamber was robbed already in late antiquity and most of…
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What a guitar, water ice, and a headband have to do with an excavation…
We are now in the fifth week here on the excavation, and meanwhile the team has settled in the excavation house and everyone has found their own rhythm. The things that sweeten life in midsummer…
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An Interview with our Workers
During this year’s campaign, we conducted a short interview with the workers we work with every day. The people we interviewed are from different age groups, so we hoped to see different perspectives this way.…
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A Sunday in Cilicia
It’s Sunday! And on this Sunday we are going on a trip to Cilicia. It will take about 2 hours to get there from Gaziantep, so we leave at 9am. Most of our excavation team…
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First time in Doliche and on an excavation
This year was my first time in Gaziantep/Doliche and the excavation was a harder challenge for me than I anticipated. I left Germany during 17 degrees weather and found myself around 40 Celsius degrees in…
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Following the footprints of Palaeolithic pioneers at Dülük
Dülük is one of the most important open air Palaeolithic sites in Turkey. Muine Atasayan discovered it in 1938. She visited Dülük village and Roman tombs near it in 14th February 1938 with students from…
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Digital Documentation of the Doliche Kebertepe Hillside Church
Doliche Kebertepe Yamaç Kilisesi’nin Sayısal Belgeleme Çalışması As part of the 2021 excavations, a team of faculty and students from Başkent University Cultural Heritage and Digital Memory UNESCO Chair (Ankara) and Ankara Bilim University (Ankara)…
