Pergamon Resurrected! – New Exhibition on the 3D Reconstructions of an antique city (Turkey)
The exhibition “Pergamon Wiederbelebt! ” is shown from April 21 – July 15 2018 in Leipzig and presents 3D reconstructions of the ancient city of Pergamon. The official opening takes place on April 19 at 7 pm. The focus of the exhibition in the Antikenmuseum der Universität Leipzig is on
Mare Nostrum-Project: Cultural Center in Umm al Jimal (Jordan)
Considering the massive destruction of cultural heritage in the Middle East, as well as the refugee movements, the Gerda Henkel Foundation set up a “temporary funding priority for endangered and fled scientists from crisis areas” in autumn 2015. In spring of 2016, an “emergency aid program for Syria” was added.
Preserving architecture in the World Cultural Heritage site of Uruk (Iraq)
The German Archaeological Institute project presented here is supported by the Cultural Preservation Programme of the Federal Foreign Office. It helps to preserve architecture in Uruk, facilitates the protection of outstanding monuments and improves tourism infrastructure. Parts of the highly diverse and outstanding cultural heritage in Iraq have been
Visualisation of White Temple in Uruk (Irak)
The “White Temple” of Uruk dates into the 4th mill. BCE and was visualized on behalf of the German Archaeological Institute by Artefacts Berlin. A Uruk/Warka, situated in modern-day Iraq, is one of the first cities in the world and was populated almost without interruption for over 5,000 years.
Palaces of Mustang will be restored (Nepal)
Within the next years three medieval palaces in the former kingdom of Mustang in Nepal will be documented and restored. The World Heritage site was partly destroyed by earthquakes in 2015. Lo Manthang, the capital of the former kingdom of Mustang in present-day Nepal, has been on the tentative UNESCO
The Digital Archive of Friedrich W. Hinkel (Sudan)
The archive of Friedrich W. Hinkel represents one of the largest collections of research materials concerning the archaeology of the Ancient Sudan. Thousands of photographs, slides, maps and drawings are the invaluable legacy, documenting the cultural heritage of Sudan. It is the result of Dr. Hinkel’s (1925 – 2007) over
New Exhibition “Pyramids of Meroe” (Sudan)
Inauguration of the renewed entrance to the royal cemetery in Sudan with a the new exhibition “Pyramids of Meroe”. 26th January the renewed and enlarged entrance to the royal cemeteries at Meroe/Begrawiya was inaugurated with the exhibition “The Pyramids of Meroe”. A new showroom with interpretive panels was opened
Conservation of the Angkor temple complex (Cambodia)
The Federal Foreign Office supports the restoration and conservation of the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage in Angkor Wat. Some of the world’s most impressive cultural sites and artefacts are to be found in South-East Asia, amidst the forests of Cambodia. The massive scale and artistry of the temple city
The Two Headed Hammer project in Paradé and Ouri (Burkina Faso)
The Federal Foreign Office is supporting the preservation of traditional blacksmithing skills in the villages of Paradé and Ouri in rural Burkina Faso with funding from its Cultural Preservation Programme. The aim of the Two Headed Hammer project is to preserve iron making and blacksmithing knowledge and skills in
Restoring the dome of the Grand Bazaar in Tehran (Iran)
The historic dome spanning the charsuq has been restored under the Cultural Preservation Programme of the Federal Foreign Office in a project with RWTH Aachen University, the University of Applied Sciences Potsdam and the Iran Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organisation. The dome at the bazaar crossroads rises above