School abroad
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Athen
Athens, Greece · founded 1874
School abroad in Athens, founded 1874; part of Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. 4 people in the register connected with it.
History
- 9 December 1874Athens department inaugurated (established 17 May 1872); the second department of the Institute after Rome.
- 1881–1886Ulrich Köhler is First Secretary; Ohnefalsch-Richter writes to him in January 1881 about German interest in excavating Salamis.
- 1885Ferdinand Dümmler, applying on 26 June 1885 for permits (Ag. Paraskevi, Phoinikiais, Alambra, Psematismenos-Maroni), says he is sent by the German institute 'to study the antiquities of Cyprus and to report'; he states funding came from the Athens institute after Berlin stopped funding him. He later wrote that the digs were done on behalf of the Imperial German Archaeological Institute. Results published in Athenische Mitteilungen 11 (1886).
CyprusFerdinand DümmlerMax Ohnefalsch-RichterSchmid 2025Buchholz 1989
- 1885Dümmler gave up his share of finds from the division to keep tomb groups together; his shop-bought antiquities went to Berlin (1896) and Kassel (1899).
- c. 1888Rumour from Sayce, citing Dörpfeld, that a German institute planned to dig at Kouklia; Ohnefalsch-Richter later claims the Institute planned to dig the Paphos temple with him and stood back for the British. Schmid finds the evidence only from the two opponents.
- January 1890Dörpfeld, on Athens institute letterhead (Nicosia, 25 Jan 1890), asks Col. Warren for permission for small excavations; a second request on 27 Jan (Tamassos, Nea Paphos, Palaepaphos, two days each, one workman) is refused under the Ottoman antiquities law, with the government noting a Dali permit already existed.
- 1890Dörpfeld tours Cyprus with Ohnefalsch-Richter for several weeks, photographing Tamassos tombs, Idalion capitals, Apollo Hylates and Kouklia (the Cyprus Exploration Fund's recent dig); his negatives are deposited at the Athens institute.
CyprusWilhelm DörpfeldMax Ohnefalsch-RichterSchmid 2025Masson 1985, p. 19-20Recke 2012
People
4 peopleStaff and members · 2
- E. Slenskastaff · helped locate and sort archive materialBuchholz 1989
- Ulrich Köhlersecretary (1881–1886)Buchholz 1989
Fieldwork · 2
- Ferdinand Dümmlerexcavator (1885–1885) · applied for the 1885 Cyprus permit as its envoy 'to study the antiquities of Cyprus and to report'; funding from Athens after Berlin stopped funding him · dug for itSchmid 20251885
- Wilhelm Dörpfeldsecretary (1890–1890) · dug for it · gave objects · worked for itMasson 1985, p. 191890–1891
Sources
- 1.“German Archaeological Institute at Athens”. Wikipedia. Online
- 2.H.-G. Buchholz (1989). “Max Ohnefalsch-Richter als Archäologe auf Zypern”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 11-12, 3-27.
- 3.Stephan G. Schmid (2025). “Was there an official German interest in the archaeology of Cyprus between 1878 and 1914?”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 69-92. Leiden, Sidestone Press.
- 4.Matthias Recke (2012). “Deutschland und das antike Zypern. Beiträge zur Geschichte einer archäologischen Disziplin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 42.
- 5.O. Masson (1985). “Les visites de Max Ohnefalsch-Richter à Kouklia (Ancienne-Paphos), 1890 et 1910”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 3, 19-28. Online
- 6.various (Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre) (1966-1973). “Chronique des fouilles et découvertes archéologiques à Chypre, annual reports 1966-1973”. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique 91-98.