Michael Heinzelmann

Michael Heinzelmann (* 1966 ) is a German classical archaeologist .

Heinzelmann studied classical archeology, art history and ancient history at the Universities of Freiburg, Heidelberg, Cologne and Munich , where he received his master's degree in 1993 and his doctorate in 1995. Following a travel grant from the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in 1996/97, Heinzelmann worked as a consultant in the Rome department of the German Archaeological Institute until 2002 . He then worked as a research assistant at the Commission for Research into Ancient Cities of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in 2002/03 and then at the Technical University of Darmstadt in 2003/04 , where he completed his habilitation. In 2004/05 Heinzelmann was director of the German Evangelical Institute for Classical Studies of the Holy Land in Jerusalem , and from 2005 to 2008 Associate Professor for Classical Archeology at the University of Bern . In 2008, he turned down a call to a full professorship in Bern and instead switched to a W 3 professorship at the University of Cologne .

Heinzelmann's focus is on the archeology of the Hellenistic-Roman period, in particular questions of burial and urban planning. He carried out research in Ostia Antica for years and was also involved in research in Alexandria , Amiternum , the Siwa Oasis and the Pantheon in Rome. At the moment he is doing research mainly in Israel, where he leads excavations in Elusa and Tel Shalem as well as research on the Muristan in Jerusalem.

Fonts

• The Ostia necropolis. Investigations on the grave streets in front of the Porta Romana and on the Via Laurentina (= studies on the ancient city 6). Pfeil, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-931516-85-7 .

Web links

• Page at the University of Cologne