Walter Andrae

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Walter Andrae.

Walter Andrae (February 18, 1875 – July 28, 1956) was a German

archaeologist and architect born near Leipzig
.

Career

Archaeologist

Andrae initially studied architecture at the Dresden University of Technology, where he befriended a younger student, Julius Jordan, with a life-changing effect on him.[1]

In 1898, Andrae participated in an archaeological dig at

Sam'al
.

Museum curator and director

In 1921 Andrae became

architectural history at the Technical University of Berlin
.

Published works

Among his better known writings were Der wiedererstandene Assur, and the

autobiographical
Lebenserinnerungen eines Ausgräbers (Memoirs of an excavator). Other publications by Andrae include:

  • Der Anu-Adad-Tempel in Assur 1909
  • Die Festungswerke von Assur 1913
  • Die Stelenreihen in Assur 1913
  • Die archaischen Ischtar-Tempel in Assur 1922
  • Farbige Keramik aus Assur und ihre Vorstufen in altassyrischen Wandmalereien 1923
  • Die Kunst des Alten Orients 1925
  • Kultrelief an dem Brunnen des Assurtempels zu Assur 1931
  • Die Partherstadt Assur (with Heinz Lenzen) 1933
  • Die ionische Säule. Bauform oder Symbol? 1933
  • Alte Festraßen im Nahen Osten 1941

References

  1. ISBN 3-428-00191-5
    ), pp. 601–602
  2. ^ Khairy Al-Haider, Hamed (7 July 2021). "بوابة عشتار .. كيف نقلت الى المانيا ؟!".
  3. ^ Muzaffar Al-Adhamy, Muhammad (25 July 2020). "كيف سرق الألمان بوابة عشتار من بابل؟". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.

External links

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