For the 50th anniversary issue of “Antike Welt”, a German Special-Interest magazine about archaeology, several reconstruction projects had been asked to contribute their recent results in form of a short article. The topics cover Mesopotamia, Greece, Rome and many more. 24 projects are combined in this extraordinary issue. We have been asked to contribute with two projects and while skimming through the issue, we recognized, that even a third project is presented.

Uruk

The image shows a loose reconstruction of a religious ceremony in Uruk. A row of priests follow the king on his way to the central ziggurat. Outside of the holy district, the whole city celebrates.

I am very proud to present, that my own article is the first in this issue. As you probably know, Uruk has played a major role in our life as we reconstructed the Seleucid Period, the Late Uruk Period, the White Temple, the Stone-Cone Building, the Palace of Sin-kashid and many more. In the article, I write about the excavations and visualisations. I specially point to the responsibility of communicating reconstructions.

  • Hageneuer, S. 2019: “Uruk”, in: ANTIKE WELT Jubiläumsheft “Auferstehung der Antike. Archäologische Stätten digital rekonstruiert”, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 10-11.

Pi-Ramesse

Main view of the central island with canal and internal lake.

The joint article by Henning Franzmeier and myself about Pi-Ramesse, the capital of Ramesses II. is – ironically – the second article of our work in this issue. Again, we talk about the excavations and the exhibition that took place between 12/2016 and 06/2017. Also, we describe how the visualisation has come to life and what we plan to do in the future. Currently, you can see the animation in an exhibition in Cincinnati, USA.

  • Franzmeier, H./Hageneuer, S. 2019: “Pi-Ramesse”, in: ANTIKE WELT Jubiläumsheft “Auferstehung der Antike. Archäologische Stätten digital rekonstruiert”, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 30-31.

Karakorum

General view of the reconstructed temple upon the terrace in Karakorum.

This article was a surprise, as I didn’t know that the project of Karakorum would be featured as well. It was written by Christina Franken, who issued the animation we did in 2015. Franken writes about the project in Mongolia and how the animation helped to visualise a complex situation. The animation is currently playing in the local museum at Karakorum. In Mongolia…

  • Franken, C. 2019: “Karakorum”, in: ANTIKE WELT Jubiläumsheft “Auferstehung der Antike. Archäologische Stätten digital rekonstruiert”, Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft: Darmstadt, 120-121.