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  • » Overview of Building E from the South. Alternative 1 was constructed with a flat roof. Both staircases lead to openings in the roof, which were maybe covered with a construction of reed mats.
  • » Overview over Building E from the South. Alternative 2 was constructed with heightened roofs over the central middle-halls, to ensure air circulation in the rooms with fireplaces.
  • » Detail of a corner of Building E. The ocherish yellow colour was painted on the outer and inner walls of the building. The pillar-niche-system of the buildings corner is most elaborate.
  • » Detail of the basin in room 1 of Building E. One can see the mud-brick walls and limestone floor. The function of the basin is not certain.

Building E

By On 2014-07-04 With No Comments

About the project 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 – from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium CE. Uruk is famous for the invention of cuneiform writing at the end of the 4th millennium, the […]

  • » South view of Building H in Habuba Kabira. In the front, you can see ruins of another building.
  • » Backside of the reconstruction of Building H in Habuba Kabira. In the front, the Middle Hall part of the building is visible.
  • » Detail view of Building H in Habuba Kabira. The unroofed courtyard was equipped with a fireplace.

Habuba Kabira: House H

By On 2014-02-12 With No Comments

About the project Habuba Kabira is situated in modern Syria and covers an area of about 600 x 170m. The trading post of the Uruk Period lasted for about 100 years and is now flooded by the Assad dam. Building H is situated in Area 3 in the northeastern corner of the city. It covers […]

  • » Overview of Archtectural Layer 8 on the archaeological ground-plan. Building H is on the left, building G in the center and building F on the right side.
  • » Sliced infographic of building F and adjacent rooms. Stairs, doors and fire-places are visible here.
  • » Central building G, the highest structure of this layer. On the roof in the foreground you can see the exit of one of two staircases.

Architectural Layer 8

By On 2013-10-02 With No Comments

About the project 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 – from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium CE. Uruk is famous for the invention of cuneiform writing at the end of the 4th millennium, the […]

  • » View of the “Stone-Cone building” with surrounding walls.
  • » Technical illustration showing the interior organisation of the building and its assumed installations.
  • » Parts of the enclosure wall were also decorated with mosaic cones.
  • » This infographic shows the total amount and type of building material that was used in the construction of the “Stone-Cone Building”.

(Re-)Constructing the Stone-Cone Building

By On 2012-01-03 With No Comments

About the project 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 – from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium AD. Uruk is famous for the invention of cuneiform writing at the end of the 4th millennium, the […]

  • » View from northeast of the two-storey version of the "White Temple" on top of the "Anu Ziggurat". The main staircase and the temple were painted white.
  • » Inside view of the two-storey version of the "White Temple". A postament in the centre was probably used as an altar.
  • » Detailed view of the two-storey version of the "White Temple" on top of the ground plan.
  • » Section through the middle-hall of the "White Temple". Wooden doors were reconstructed in two doorways of the temple.

The White Temple

By On 2011-10-20 With No Comments

About the project 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. In the western area of the city centre a multiple-phased terrace was discovered, the so-called “Anu Ziggurat”. The terrace was extended and raised over time at least ten […]

  • » Section through “Building C”. Reconstruction variant 1: single-storey exterior rooms, both middle-halls elevated.
  • » Section through “Building C”. Reconstruction variant 2: two-storey exterior room, middle-hall of the lateral wing not elevated.
  • » View into the middle-hall of the lateral wing of the "Hallenbau".
  • » View of the Pillared Hall with all it's unique designs of colored clay cone patterns.
  • » Visualisation of a reed-based wall, where the different reed bundles are visible.

The late Uruk period

By On 2009-08-23 With No Comments

About the project 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 – from the 4th millennium BCE to the 1st millennium CE. Uruk is famous for the invention of cuneiform writing at the end of the 4th millennium, the […]

  • » Reconstruction on the Round House in Tepe Gawra.
  • » The colour code indicates the level of certainty in the reconstruction of this model.

The Round House in Tepe Gawra

By On 2008-02-07 With No Comments

About the project Tepe Gawra, kurdish for “the great mound”, is situated in Northeastern Iraq, 24 km north-east of the Tigris River at Mosul. The site offers an almost continuous sequence of occupation from the 5th to the 2nd millennium BCE. The “Round House” itself dates to the transition from the late Ubaid to the […]

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