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  • » General view of the palace, that was situated by an inner-city canal.
  • » Resources were counted and checked on the roof of the building.
  • » The throne room was used for audiences with the king.
  • » The palace had its own school were pupils could learn writing.

The palace of Sin-kashid

By On 2012-10-29 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. In the Old-Babylonian Period, Sin-kashid founded his dynasty and built his palace in the western part of […]

  • » Overview of excavation trench V.1 in Mari. The schematic colours indicate different building phases.
  • » Detail of the main trench with applied sections and various small-finds.
  • » Detail with different small-finds displayed in the trench.

Visualisation of an excavation trench

By On 2012-07-03 With No Comments

About the project Mari, modern Tell Hariri, located in the Middle Euphrates region in Syria is one of the most famous sites in the Near East, and dates from the 3rd to the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE. The excavations at the most important trench V.1, which was applied as a deep sounding to […]

  • » 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 […]

  • » Perspective view of the 3D reconstruction on the archaeological ground plan.

The Oxus-Temple: 3D Visualisation

By On 2011-11-09 With No Comments

About the project Ancient Bactria lies on both sides of the river Oxus (modern: Amudarja), in the south of Uzbekistan and Tadzhikistan as well as in the north of Afghanistan. Bactria was part of the Persion Empire since the middle of the 6th century BCE and was due to its richness one of the most […]

  • » 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 […]

  • » Infographic showing two of the different building phases of the fortification wall in Mari (here phases Ville III and Ville II récent).
  • » Reconstruction of the fortification wall and gate of Mari phase Ville II (récent).
  • » Reconstruction of the domestic residence in Sector N3. For the restitution of this building, the functionality of its rooms and its internal organisation were taken into account, as well as considerations on its lighting-conditions and the general requirements for the mud brick architecture.
  • » Detail of the South Residence showing the mud plastering, wooden roof beams and doors.
  • » Infographic showing the bastion of the fortification wall (Lim period/phase Ville III) with its staircase construction.

The Fortifications of Mari

By On 2011-07-11 With No Comments

About the project Mari, modern Tell Hariri, located in the Middle Euphrates region in Syria is one of the most famous sites in the Near East, and dates from the 3rd to the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE. Since it was destroyed and rebuilt several times during that period, its excavators divided its occupational […]

  • » 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 […]

  • » View of the reconstructed Bit Resh with Anu ziggurat and Irigal in the background.
  • » Visualisation upon the satellite image of the Uruk area.
  • » Reconstruction of the Karaindash Temple in Uruk

The seleucid period

By On 2008-10-17 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. During the Seleucid period (3rd – 2nd century BCE), Uruk was an important religious centre featuring large […]

  • » Reconstruction of the state of construction of the well in the Ramesside Period. The visualisation is based on the results of the excavation and contemporaneous wells from Tell Abqain in the Western Nile Delta.
  • » Section of the well showing the stratigraphy as revealed by the excavations. Within the shaft, several layers of filling material can be seen, as well as the stone casing around, and the building pit outside the well’s walls.

The Samana well/Egypt

By On 2008-03-25 With No Comments

About the project In 2000 and 2001, an ancient Egyptian well was excavated by the Qantir-Piramesse project of the Roemer-Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Germany, led by Dr. Edgar B. Pusch. The well dates back to the reign of Ramesses II (1279-1213 BCE) and is located in the modern village of Samana in the North Eastern Nile […]

  • » Lighting conditions inside the Babylonian “Breitraum” temple. A worshipper is standing in front of a highly stylised divine statue.
  • » Comparison of the Middle-hall temple and the “Breitraum” temple regarding their inner lighting conditions.
  • » Lighting conditions inside the Middle-hall temple.
  • » Lighting conditions inside the Assyrian “Langraum” temple. A worshipper is standing in front of a highly stylised divine statue.

Lighting conditions in sacral architecture

By On 2008-02-07 With No Comments

About the project Studies on the physical experience of pre-modern architecture have been made within Classical archaeology and in the archaeology of Ancient Egypt, but are still very rare for the archaeology of the Ancient Near East. So, as part of an international seminar, we conducted research on the reconstruction of the lighting conditions in […]

  • » 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 […]

  • » View into room 24, which was the festival room of the king or governor of Til Barsib.
  • » View of the reconstructed wall paintings in room 24 in Til Barsib.
  • » View of the reconstructed wall paintings in room 24 in Til Barsib.
  • » Detail of a combined reconstruction of black and white drawings with colored ones.

The Assyrian wall paintings of Til Barsib

By On 2007-05-23 With No Comments

About the project Til Barsib, modern Tell Ahmar, is located in Syria on the east bank of the Euphrates river, close to the Turkish border. With a long settlement history, which dates back to the Ubaid Period (5th millennium BCE), Tell Ahmar is an important archaeological site and especially renowned for its Neo-Assyrian remains. In […]

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