#Faschingsdienstag! 🥳

Fasching? - Haben um die vorletzte Jahrhundertwende auch die Kolleg:innen und Reisestipendiat:innen im #Athen_DAI gefeiert, wie dieser jecke #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens-Blick ins Archiv lebhaft illustriert:

https://www.dainst.blog/people-at-the-dai-athens/2023/02/25/carnival-at-the-dai-athens-1896-1910

“Den kleinen Fredrich hatten wir als Bäuerin verkleidet …” – Carnival at the DAI Athens 1896–1910 – People at the DAI Athens

Our #Athen_DAI's latest #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens blog features noone else than #TheodorWiegand, the famous excavator of Priene, Miletus and Didyma, and tells us how his time in Athens shaped the practical archaeologist, excavator and later DAI president:

https://www.dainst.blog/people-at-the-dai-athens/2023/10/30/theodor-wiegand-1864-1936-his-rocky-road-to-archaeology

Theodor Wiegand (1864–1936) – His rocky road to archaeology – People at the DAI Athens

In this new #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens blog post our #Athen_DAI introduce painter and printmaker Yannis Stinis (1914–2001) - who worked with the institute in the 140s, producing depictions archaeological remains of the #Kerameikos site in Athens:

https://www.dainst.blog/people-at-the-dai-athens/2023/10/17/a-brief-overview-of-the-work-of-a-painter-and-printmaker-who-worked-with-the-german-archaeological-institute

Yannis Stinis (1914–2001) – A brief overview of the work of a painter and printmaker who worked with the German Archaeological Institute – People at the DAI Athens

New at the #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens blog:

Meet Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012), the first and only female photographer at the #Athen_DAI - and get a glimpse of #archaeological research and live in 1950s/60s #Greece through her photos:

https://www.dainst.blog/people-at-the-dai-athens/2023/06/02/the-first-and-only-female-photographer-at-the-dai-athens

Eva-Maria Czakó (1918–2012) – the first and only female photographer at the DAI Athens – People at the DAI Athens

A fragmented personal diary found in #DAI_Athens' archives once belonged to astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884).

Learn more about his interest in #archaeology & how it brought him together with the #PeopleAtTheDAIAthens:

https://www.dainst.blog/people-at-the-dai-athens/2023/04/24/the-astronomer-johann-friedrich-julius-schmidt-1825-1884-and-the-dai-athens

The astronomer Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt (1825-1884) and the DAI Athens – People at the DAI Athens