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  • » View of the exhibition in the August Kestner Museum. In the foreground a replica of an Akkadian bronze head. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » The nine themes of the exhibition are based upon the nine episodes of Gilgamesh’s journey. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » Semi-transparent banners illustrate the main topics of the epic: love, death and friendship. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.
  • » Themes 7-9: “In the land of Immortality”, “The Babylonian Noah”, “The tavern at the end of the world”. Photo: Christian Tepper, Museum August Kestner.

Gilgamesh – Exhibition

By On 2015-10-28 With No Comments

About the project The exhibition “Gilgamesch. Archäologie einer unsterblichen Gestalt im Alten Orient” provides an insight into one of the oldest literary texts known today – the epic of Gilgamesh, the mythical king of ancient Uruk. This fascinating 5-millenia-old epic tells the story of Gilgamesh and his profound catharsis, charting his transformation from despotic and […]

  • » A life-sized accessible model of an excavation trench was set up within the exhibition for visitors to explore.
  • » The large information displays offer insight into the excavation itself and its scientific background, as well as an archaeologist’s daily routine.
  • » 3D construction model of the life-sized, accessible excavation trench.
  • » This illustration was created for the younger audience. It shows the many different tasks that are performed during an excavation.

Excavations at the Tell Fecheriye/Syria – Exhibition

By On 2015-10-20 With No Comments

About the project For a short-term exhibition project in December 2011, we were asked by Prof. Dominik Bonatz to create an exhibition about the ongoing archaeological excavation at Tell Fecheriye in Syria, aimed at a wide, general audience. Since the exhibition took place in a Globetrotter store in Berlin, the challenge was to find an […]

  • » View of the first diorama and a detail of its construction. In this scene, the Abbasid caliph Harun ar-Rashid is depicted in his bath, surrounded by attendants. Size: 60 x 45 x 55 cm.
  • » Pictures of the original miniature paintings, which date to the 15th/16th century. (Source: Barry, M. 2004: Figurative Art in Medieval Islam and the Riddle of Bihzād of Herāt (1465–1535), Paris.)
  • » View of the second diorama and construction details. The scene shows the Sasanian king Bahram Gur and the princess with musicians in the Blue Pavilion. Size: 60 x 45 x 57 cm.
  • » View of the third diorama and construction details. Scholars study with their master in the court of a mosque in Kashgar. Size: 65 x 45 x 50 cm.

Islamic miniatures in 3D

By On 2010-08-11 With No Comments

About the project For the grand reopening of the newly restored National Museum Herat in Afghanistan, three dioramas were requested by the Museum of Islamic Arts, Berlin. They are now integrated into the permanent exhibition in Herat, which houses archaeological and historical exhibits, as well as Islamic manuscripts. The idea was to present the famous miniature […]

  • » View of the exhibition catalogue.
  • » View of the exhibition catalogue. All articles were written by students of the Institute of Near Eastern Archaeology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
  • » Wonderful illustrations by the young artist Franziska Leischker, who produced these screen prints exclusively for the exhibition.

Gilgamesh Exhibition Catalogue

By On 2007-06-20 With No Comments

About the project In 2007/2008, the exhibition “Gilgamesch. Archäologie einer unsterblichen Gestalt im Alten Orient” took place at the August Kestner Museum in Hannover. It provided an insight into one of the oldest literary texts known today – the epic of Gilgamesh, the mythical king of ancient Uruk. This fascinating 5-millenia-old epic tells the story […]

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