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The OeAI is an institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences and Austria's largest research institution in the field of archaeology and classical studies, with around 150 employees. Its core task is to study the history of mankind from the Quaternary period to modern times, taking into account material archaeological sources and written records.

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Mon 14.09.
Dion in Macedonia. The Configuration and Evolution of Greek and Roman Landscapes
Hybrid Lecture by Diego Chapinal-Heras | Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM)

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OeAI Series and journals

2025 | Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut

Jahresbericht 2025

SoSchrÖAI 66 | Gabrielle Kremer | Eduard Pollhammer | Robert Linke | Georg A. Plattner (eds.)

COLOURS REVEALED – Polychrome Monuments in the Roman Provinces – Detection, Interpretation, Visualisation

Band XXXV (2025) | Österreichisches Archäologisches Institut | Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures, Polish Academy of Sciences – Warsaw | Institut für Ägyptologie, Universität Wien | Departments of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University (Hrsg.)

Ägypten und Levante

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From Dokimeion to Aphrodisias: A Reassessment of Marble Provenance and Workshop Relations of Roman Period Sarcophagi from Perge (Pamphylia) / Asia Minor
Provinciae Romanae Issue 3/2026 | 06/15/26
From Dokimeion to Aphrodisias: A Reassessment of Marble Provenance and Workshop Relations of Roman Period Sarcophagi from Perge (Pamphylia) / Asia Minor
Marble for the Emperor—The Cover Slab of the Sarcophagus of Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany
Heritage 2026, 9(6) | 05/26/26
Marble for the Emperor—The Cover Slab of the Sarcophagus of Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany

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„Apollo“ bringt Papyrusforschung in Digital-Ära
Die Presse | 06/30/26
„Apollo“ bringt Papyrusforschung in Digital-Ära
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Science.orf.at | 06/23/26
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CVA Conference 2027 in Graz

Three new FWF projects approved

Auf Spurensuche neben dem Tempel der Artemis von Ephesos

Monograph on Early Islamic Copper Coinage by N. Schindel awarded

About the OeAI

Events

OeAW Day at Children's University

Dion in Macedonia. The Configuration and Evolution of Greek and Roman Landscapes

OeAI Series and journals

Jahresbericht 2025

COLOURS REVEALED – Polychrome Monuments in the Roman Provinces – Detection, Interpretation, Visualisation

Ägypten und Levante

Papers

From Dokimeion to Aphrodisias: A Reassessment of Marble Provenance and Workshop Relations of Roman Period Sarcophagi from Perge (Pamphylia) / Asia Minor

Marble for the Emperor—The Cover Slab of the Sarcophagus of Otto the Great in Magdeburg Cathedral, Germany

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„Apollo“ bringt Papyrusforschung in Digital-Ära

Hoch dotierte Förderpreise vergeben

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