Through the dust to the stone: A visit to an archaeological excavation in south-eastern Turkey

Every year, members of the Asia Minor Research Centre at Münster University spend several weeks in the summer in south-eastern Turkey to study the archaeological remains of the village of Doliche. Sophie Pieper, a member of the University’s Communications and PR Department took a look at the excavation during a visit there.

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A quiet crackling noise from the loudspeakers in the small village of Dülük, near the Syrian border, brings the night to an end. Coinciding precisely with sunrise, the voice of the muezzin sounds out across the land, calling the faithful to morning prayer. Just a short while later, the day also begins in the excavation house at the Doliche research project. ...