Robert Koldewey
Koldewey, Robert
Born Sept. 10, 1855, in Blankenburg; died Feb. 4, 1925, in Berlin. German archaeologist and historian of architecture.
Koldewey conducted excavations in Greece, in Italy, on the island of Sicily, on the northwestern coast of Asia Minor (Assos), on the island of Lesbos, in southeastern Turkey (Zenjirli), and in Mesopotamia (Babylon). His investigations of ancient Babylon are of particular importance.
WORKS
Die antiken Baureste der Insel Lesbos. Berlin, 1891.Neandria. Berlin, 1891.
“Die Architektur von Sendschirli.” In the book Ausgrabungen in Sendschirli, vol. 2. Berlin, 1898.
Die griechischen Tempel in Unteritalien und Sicilien, vols. 1–2. Berlin, 1899. (With O. Puchsten.)
Die Tempel von Babylon und Borsippa. Leipzig, 1911.
Das wieder erstehende Babylon, 4th ed. Leipzig. 1925.