The city of Pergamum, whose history goes back to archaic times, was one of the most prominent places in ancient Greece. As part of the Roman Empire, Pergamum was likewise an economic and cultural hub. Today, what remains of a city once so important is primarily the temple ruins on the acropolis, which have already been the subject of intense research. Yet when an ancient burial site was discovered by chance during the course of construction work at the foot of the acropolis hill, a number of new questions arose about Pergamum’s past. Archaeologist Professor Felix Pirson, Director of the German Archaeological Institute in Istanbul, believes the excavation of tombs in the Roman necropolis can help to shed new light on the burial culture and funerary rites of the day. Together with Munich-based anthropologist Dr Wolf-Rüdiger Teegen and Cologne-based archaeologist Dr Ute Kelp, he hopes to use excavated bone, glass and ceramics to unveil new findings about the city’s settlement history and social composition during the days of the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries AD.
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