Lost Cities Rediscovered: Reexamining Excavation Histories in Late Ottoman and Mandate Western Asia’ (LoCi)
Today marks the launch of the international research project ‘Lost Cities Rediscovered: Reexamining Excavation Histories in Late Ottoman and Mandate Western Asia’ (LoCi), funded the Gerda Henkel Stiftung.
Over the coming years, the LoCi project aims to shed new light on archaeological activities and practices from 1869 to 1946 by reexamining archival and photographic materials, along with archaeological and historical publications. In doing so, the project seeks to uncover how current urban archaeological approaches and methodologies have often, albeit unknowingly, been shaped by the paradigms established during this period.
The project’s PI team is composed of principal investigator (PI) Professor Rubina Raja, professor of Classical Archaeology and Art, Aarhus University; Dr. Olympia Bobou, Aarhus University; and Curator Dr. Miriam Kühn, Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin. The project has several partnerships with institutions across Europe, the Middle East and USA, including the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin.
See more about the LoCi project