Prof. Dr. Peter A. Miglus - Vita
Education and Employment
2003–2021 Professor at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University Heidelberg
2000–2002 Research associate at the Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and Near Eastern Archaeology, University of Heidelberg
1996–1999 Research associate at the Institute of the Oriental Archaeology and Art, University of Halle
1994–1999 Excavation project Tall Bi`a/ Tuttul (Syria), supported by the German Research Council (DFG)
1995 Habilitation, Philosophical Faculty, University of Munich
1991–1994 Research fellow, University of Munich – Project “Urban architecture of ancient Babylonia and Assyria“, grant of the German Research Council (DFG)
1986–1990 Research fellow, University of Munich – Publication project “City area of Assur”, supported by the German Research Council (DFG)
1985 Research fellow, German Archaeological Institute (DAI), excavation project “Islamic pottery from Raqqa (Syria)”
1982–1984 Archaeologist at the Museum of Goettingen
1981 PhD, University of Warsaw
1978–1981 PhD grant, University of Warsaw
1979 MA in Assyriology, University of Warsaw
1978 MA in Ancient Near East Archaeology, University of Warsaw
1973–1981 Study of Ancient Near East Archaeology and Assyriology, University of Warsaw
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Research Projects and Field Work
2021–2024 Investigation project at the site of Kuyunjik, ancient Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation
2019–2024 Excavation project at the site of Tell Nebi Yunus, ancient Nineveh (Mosul, Iraq), supported by the Ministry of Science, Research and Arts Baden-Württemberg and the German Research Council (DFG)
2018 Investigation project at the site of Tell Nebi Yunus in Mosul (Iraq), supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and the German Federal Foreign Office
2010–2018 Excavation project at Bakr Awa (Iraq), supported by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and the German Research Council (DFG)
2009 Survey in the Plain of Shahrizor (Iraq), supported by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)
2007 Publishing project: “New excavation in Assur”, supported by the Fritz Thyssen Foundation
2006-2010 Research project: “Results of the Iraqi and German excavations at the site of Tell Harmal (Iraq)”, in cooperation with the University of Baghdad, supported by the German Research Council (DFG)
2006-2009 Research project: “History of the Settlement in the Lower Zab Region (Makhoul Project)”, in cooperation with the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage in Iraq, supported by the Gerda Henkel Foundation
2006-2008 Partnership project with the Institute of Archaeology of the Academy of Sciences in Usbekistan and the Institute of Archaeology, University of Warsaw, supported by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
2000–2001 Excavation at the site of Assur (Irak), Early Bronze Age to Parthian Period, supported by the Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften and German Research Council (DFG)
1997–1998 Excavation at the site Tall Harmal, ancient Shaduppum (Iraq), Old Babylonian Period, supported by the German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
1994–1999 Co-operation within the excavation project at the site of Tall Bica, ancient Tuttul (Syria), Early Bronze Age to Late Bronze Age, supported by the German Research Council (DFG)
1986–1987 Co-operation within the excavation project at ar-Raqqa (Syria), Early Islamic Period, German Archaeological Institute (DAI)
1982–1984 Excavation of the mediaeval castle in Goettingen, Municipal Museum of Goettingen (Germany)
