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
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
