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Alfred Brueckner (1861–1936): On special leave for the Kerameikos excavation

27.10.2025 | Jutta Stroszeck-Scheunert

Few, if any, figures have had such a lasting influence on the history of the Kerameikos excavations as Alfred Brueckner, the first excavation director appointed by the German Archaeological Institute in Athens (DAI) at the site…

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Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936) – His rocky road to archaeology

30.10.2023

Theodor Wiegand – the famous excavator of Priene, Miletus and Didyma – began his career under unfavourable auspices.

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Yannis Stinis (1914–2001) – A brief overview of the work of a painter and printmaker

17.10.2023

Laborious and prolific painter Yannis Stinis (Athens, 1914–2001) produced works that reveal his interest in the lively representation of the Greek landscape.

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Otto Rubensohn and the excavations of the DAI in Paros (1898 – 1899)

15.06.2023

On June 17, 1898, 125 years ago, a young Jewish German archaeologist arrived at Parikia, the capital of the island of Paros, after an exhausting 13-hour voyage from Piraeus.

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Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012) – The only female photographer at the DAI Athens

02.06.2023 | Katharina Brandt

Eva-Maria Czakó (19.12.1918–16.6.2012) was the first and remains the only female photographer at the DAI Athens.

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The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens

24.04.2023

Among the holdings of the DAI Athens archive, there is a fragmented personal diary whose author had not been identified until recently, as the handwriting, a hastily written cursive script (›Kurrentschrift‹), is difficult to read.

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Maria Tzannetaki (1925–2004) – A Pillar of the DAI Athens during Emil Kunze's…

08.03.2023 | Katja Sporn

While there is abundant information about former directors and aides of the Institute in comprehensive accounts of its history, in obituaries, and in Festschriften, things are very different for people who did not publish or whose…

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"Den kleinen Fredrich hatten wir als Bäuerin verkleidet"

25.02.2023 | Katharina Brandt

Carnival at the DAI Athens (1896–1910) – When Engelbert Drerup arrived in Athens in February 1896 after a tiring journey from Italy, he was immediately immersed in the boisterous greek Carnival activities underway at the DAI:

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Otto Lüders (1844 – 1912) - The first director of the DAI Athens

17.02.2023 | Dimitris Grigoropoulos

When the Athens department of the DAI was formally founded in 1874, the philologist-turned-diplomat Otto Lüders was the first person to be appointed as its director, at the time called the Sekretar (“Secretary”). He held this…

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Excavating the Kabireion near Thebes – It began as a winter tale ... of sorts

20.12.2022 | Katharina Brandt

On this day, 135 years ago, on the 20th of December 1887, the excavation of the Kabireion near Thebes in Boetia started by members of the DAI Athens and travel grant holders of the DAI. Little did they know that they would…

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Wilhelm Wilberg (1872–1956) and his family

24.11.2022 | Katharina Brandt

Several members of the Wilberg family have been closely connected to the DAI Athens since its establishment in 1874, especially Karl Wilberg, an Athenian bookseller and consul, and his son, Wilhelm, who served as Wilhelm…

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Schliemann at the Lion Gate? ‘Mykene 63’ – a starting point for much more

17.06.2022 | Katharina Brandt

The photograph known as ‘Mykene 63’, which allegedly shows Heinrich Schliemann standing next to the famous Lion Gate of Mycenae, is undoubtedly one of the most renowned images kept in the photographic archive of the DAI Athens.