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    Robert Johann Koldewey (10 September 1855 – 4 February 1925) was a German archaeologist, famous for his in-depth excavation of the ancient city of Babylon...
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    foundations extended another 14 metres underground. German archaeologist Robert Koldewey led the excavation of the site from 1904 to 1914. After the end of...
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  • from Babylon, claimed to have been found in the 1917 excavation by Robert Koldewey, and of uncertain authenticity, reads: "Etemenanki Zikkurat Babibli...
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    Rassam's excavation began. A team from the German Oriental Society led by Robert Koldewey conducted the first scientific archaeological excavations at Babylon...
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  • Sippar-Amnanum - Hormuzd Rassam Tell Zurghul - 1887 - Robert Koldewey Lagash - 1887 - Robert Koldewey Delphi - 1892 - Theophile Homolle, French School of...
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  • an asteroid Carl Koldewey, German Arctic explorer Heather Koldewey, British marine scientist and environmentalist Robert Koldewey, German architect and...
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  • removed about 2000 cuneiform tablets, mostly from the Ezida. In 1902, Robert Koldewey worked at Borsippa during his main effort at Babylon also mainly on...
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    1903–1913 by a team from the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft led initially by Robert Koldewey and later by Walter Andrae. More than 16,000 clay tablets with cuneiform...
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  • excavated, for six weeks, by Robert Koldewey in 1887. "To be sure, the difficulties involved were known, at least after Koldewey’s disaster in el-Hibba where...
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    enormous heap of debris that lay over it, Esagila was rediscovered by Robert Koldewey in November 1900, but it did not begin to be seriously examined until...
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    1888–1902 German Oriental Society expeditions led by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. At the time of its discovery, it was considered to be the only Phoenician...
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  • pearl". It was first excavated between 1902 and 1903 by Walter Andrae, Robert Koldewey and Friedrich Delitzsch of the German Oriental Society for eight months...
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    Mesopotamian mušḫuššu, a legendary chimeric creature, with dinosaurs. Robert Koldewey, the discoverer of the Ishtar Gate in Babylon (which contains depictions...
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    Pennsylvania between 1889 and 1900, and in Shuruppak by German archeologist Robert Koldewey in 1902–1903. Major publications of these finds were "Decouvertes en...
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    the example in the Royal Ontario Museum is one. From 1899 to 1917, Robert Koldewey led a German expedition that excavated Babylon. The fragments of tile...
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    Tammuz of 587 BCE. During his excavation of Babylon in 1899–1917, Robert Koldewey discovered a royal archive room of King Nebuchadnezzar near the Ishtar...
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    1891, 1894 and 1902 during expeditions led by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. Each of the expeditions was supported by the German Orient Committee...
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    Archaeological investigations at Mytilene began in the late 19th century when Robert Koldewey (later excavator of Babylon) and a group of German colleagues spent...
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    participated in an archaeological dig at Babylon under the leadership of Robert Koldewey (1855–1925). He played an influential role in the smuggling of the...
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    princes. The tablets were excavated from Babylon during 1899–1917 by Robert Koldewey and were stored in a barrel-vaulted underground building consisting...
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    1888 in Zincirli Höyük (Sam'al, or Yadiya) by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. It is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The prior battle of 674...
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  • 3 – Oliver Heaviside, British mathematician (b. 1850) February 4 – Robert Koldewey, German architect and archaeologist (b. 1855) February 11 – Aristide...
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    time of Gudea (c. 2100 BC). In 1886–1887 a German expedition under Robert Koldewey explored the cemetery of El Hiba (immediately to the south of Telloh)...
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    Walter de Gruyter, publisher Sebastian Haffner, historian and publicist Robert Koldewey, archaeologist Gustav Lilienthal, architect Reinhold Poss, aviation...
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  • in 1,500 BC, improving water transportation. German Archaeologist Robert Koldewey found that the Hanging Gardens likely used a mechanical pump powered...
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  • anthropology and prehistory Alice Kober (1906–1950) American; Linear B Robert Koldewey (1855–1925) German; Near East (Babylon) Manfred Korfmann (1942–2005)...
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  • 1888 in Zincirli Höyük (Sam'al, or Yadiya) by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. It is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. Esarhaddon's Succession...
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  • reports destroying Kisurra in his 13th year. German archaeologist Robert Koldewey with the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft, who excavated at the site in...
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    Olympic gold medalist for the triple jump; in Nordingrå (d. 2022) Died: Robert Koldewey, 69, German architect and archaeologist known for his excavations of...
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  • Assur, working there for eight years, and he also became a pupil of Robert Koldewey (1855–1925), who was working on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. In...
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