German excavations at Uruk resume.

In 1906-1909 P. Schazmann prepared detailed drawings of the ruins during a German excavation of the Hellenistic city.

In 1925, Egypt threatened to ban German excavations in Egypt unless Nefertiti was returned.

This town was the site of major German archaeological excavations between 1963 and 1981.

The outbreak of the First World War in August 1914 terminated the German excavations.

Most of the figures in this turbulent battle scene were discovered during the German excavations of 1875, led by the archaeologist Georg Treu.

He led the German excavations at the site until 1940 when it was turned over to the Ahnenerbe's control.

The German excavations resumed after the war and were under the direction of Heinrich Lenzen from 1953 to 1967.

Greek archaeologists have recently revisited the German excavations with some interesting results.

The German excavations in 1875 were led by Ernst Curtius.