Priene

Priene

Ancient city on the southern slopes of the Mycale Range near the mouth of the Maeander

Location

Temple of Athena, work of the architect Pytheos

View of the city as seen from the acropolis

Current Work

Various projects investigating the history of the city-involving both archaeological fieldwork and the study of architectural history-are now underway at this site, the excavation of which has long been entrusted to the German Archaeological Institute. The present work focuses principally upon the late classical and Hellenistic periods (4th -1st cent. BC) and addresses developments in late antiquity and the Middle Ages as well. See the Webpage Priene of the Institut für Klassische Archäologie at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität Frankfurt am Main.

The projects fall under the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft's Schwerpunktprogramm "Hellenistische Polis" as well as Forschungscluster 3 and the Netzwerk der Abteilung Istanbul des DAI. 

Further Contact Partners

Prof. Dr. Wulf Raeck und Dr. Axel Filges, Archäologisches Institut, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Grüneburgplatz 1, Fach 146, 60629 Frankfurt am Main, Tel.: 069/798 32311, Fax 069/798 32314 Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolf Koenigs, Technische Universität München, Fakultät für Architektur, Lehrstuhl für Bauforschung und Baugeschichte, Arcisstr. 21, D- 80290 München, Tel.: 089-289 22454, Tel.: 089-289 23574, Email: baugeschichte@lrz.tum.de