City and Micro-Region in the Ancient Mediterranean (and Beyond)
International Colloquia in Madrid and Istanbul (30 October – 1 November 2025)| Pergamon Micro-Region
International Colloquia in Madrid and Istanbul (30 October – 1 November 2025)| Pergamon Micro-Region
In August and early September, our survey team returned to the Pergamon Micro-Region to continue exploring the landscapes that shaped life between the city and the countryside. As part of the project Transformation of the Pergamon Micro-Region between the Hellenistic and the Roman Imperial Period, we aim to understand how Pergamon interacted with its surrounding countryside — e.g., through settlement, land use, cult, and infrastructure. This year’s campaign focused on the Selinus Valley s...| Pergamon Micro-Region
by Robert Busch A new article from our project was recently published in the journal PLOS One. The article discusses the natural potential for...| Pergamon Micro-Region
by Robert Busch| Pergamon Micro-Region
On March 28, the PreDoc-workshop of TransPergMicro brought together early career researchers from across the project to present and discuss their ongoing work related to Pergamon. The workshop was hosted by Freie Universität in the so-called “Holzlaube” and was attended by 18 participants in person and 11 online. A wide range of disciplinary approaches and research progress was presented and discussed. The focus was on finding points of contact to exchange ideas and information and to de...| Pergamon Micro-Region
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The Archaeological Survey in the Pergamon Micro-Region often takes us to places where history and present collide. This was especially true during this year’s survey. As part of the TransPergMicro project, the Turkish-German survey team explored the eastern lower plain of the Bakırçay river (ancient Kaikos) and the southern Madra Dağı Mountains around ancient Parthenion – an ancient landscape that has been affected by massive land consolidation, the construction of dams and quarrying ...| Pergamon Micro-Region
