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Young European Ambassador trifft Nachwuchswissenschaftler:innen der RGK

04.05.2026 Julienne Schrauder , Lukas Werther

Young European Ambassador Stefan Atanasovski Trajkovic zu Gast in der Römisch-Germanischen Kommission!

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Archaeological Workshops and Field School in Palau

16.03.2026 Annette Kühlem

Im Rahmen des Projekts „Archäologische Workshops in Palau“ führte das DAI in enger Zusammenarbeit mit dem palauischen Ministry of Education und der Palau High School eine mehrstufige Ausbildungs- und Forschungsinitiative. Das…

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Alfred Mallwitz (1919–1986). Architect and artist

13.11.2025 Katja Sporn , Detlef Mallwitz

Alfred Mallwitz (1919–1986) was many things in one person: an architect, a building archaeologist (Bauforscher), a heritage conservator and an artist. The fruits of his labours at the German Archaeological Institute at Athens (DAI…

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

13.11.2025 Jutta Stroszeck

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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RGK: An International Hub for Archaeological Research

30.10.2025 Sina-Marie Hahn , Sina-Marie Hahn

The German Archaeological Institute (DAI) promotes young scholars, international exchange, and cooperation with partner institutions. Scholarship programmes, research support and extended research stays at its library the DAI…

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„Im Osten viel Neues“ – Ausgrabungen vor dem Osttor von „Romuliana-Gamzigrad“ 2024

18.02.2025 Christoph Rummel , Max Adam

Seit mehr als 20 Jahren erforscht die RGK gemeinsam mit serbischen Partnern des Archäologischen Instituts in Belgrad und des Nationalmuseums in Zaječar die spätrömische Welterbestätte „Romuliana-Gamzigrad“ in Ostserbien.

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“disiecta membra”: A new long-term research project on Roman stone architecture

09.05.2023 Katja Roesler

The Roman-Germanic Commission (RGK) is one of three working groups involved in the long-term project “disiecta membra. Stone Architecture and Urbanism in Roman Germany,” which will begin in 2023 as part of the Academies Program of…

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New series of evening lectures on “Body and Death”

13.03.2023 Alexander Gramsch

Since 2021, the German Archaeological Institute has been home to the international research cluster “Body and Death.”

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Maria Radnóti-Alföldi: June 6, 1926, Budapest – May 7, 2022, Frankfurt am Main

07.12.2022 Sandra Schröer-Spang

A child of World War II – a victim of European division – a highly esteemed scientist.

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December 5 is World Soil Day!

05.12.2022 Dr. Isabel Hohle

Laboriously shoveled and scraped away during excavations

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The traveling exhibition “A Good Measure of Individuality: The Lives of Early Femal“

30.11.2022 Wenke Domscheit , Elsbeth Bösl , Doris Gutsmiedl-Schümann , Michaela Helmbrecht

Women have played a decisive role in shaping the development of archaeological disciplines.

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Workshop by the Department of Prospecting and Excavation Methodology on new methods

15.11.2022 Knut Rassmann , Roman Scholz , Hajo Höhler-Brockmann , Dr. Isabel Hohle

Once again, employees of the Department for Prospecting and Excavation Methodology (RefPGM) of the Romano-Germanic Commission (RGK) used the outdoor grounds of the DIE MILZENER e.V. association in Melaune in eastern Saxony in…

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