German Archaeological Institute at Athens

The German Archaeological Institute at Athens (German: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Abteilung Athen; Greek: Γερμανικό Αρχαιολογικό Ινστιτούτο Αθηνών) is one of the 17 foreign archaeological institutes operating in Athens, Greece.

Reading room at the library

Photo library

Building of the German Archaeological Institute at Athens, Fideiou 1 (built by Ernst Ziller)

General information, history, facilities

It was founded in 1874 as the second foreign archaeological institute in Athens. Today, it is one of several specialised departments that make up the German Archaeological Institute. With an ongoing research programme, a 75,000-volume library and a large photographic archive, the DAI Athens remains a major contributor to Greek archaeology.

Archaeological fieldwork

The German Archaeological Institute has been undertaking excavations at Olympia since 1875.

It has been involved in a multitude of excavations, such as Leukas and Ithaca (Ionian Islands), Orchomenos and Thebes (Boeotia), Menidi and Eleusis (Attica) and Amyklai (Laconia). Current activities include excavations at Kalapodi (Boeotia), Tiryns (Argolid), the Kerameikos (Athens), Ancient Olympia (Peloponnese) and the Heraion of Samos.

Directors

Otto Lüders 1872–1874
Ulrich Köhler 1875–1886
Eugen Petersen 1886-1887
Wilhelm Dörpfeld 1887–1912
Georg Karo 1912–1919 and 1930–1936
Ernst Buschor 1921–1929
Walter Wrede 1937–1944
Emil Kunze 1951–1966
Ulf Jantzen 1967–1974
Helmut Kyrieleis 1975–1988
Klaus Fittschen 1989–2001
Wolf-Dietrich Niemeier 2001–2013

Bibliography

E. Korka et al. (eds.): Foreign Archaeological Schools in Greece, 160 Years, Athens, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, date, p. 74-85.

External links

DAI Athens website

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