In 1895-96, inspired byCarl Humann, he conducted archaeological research inPhrygia,Lycaonia, andPisidia, investigating architectural monuments and collectingepigraphic material. During two archaeological field seasons from 1911 to 1913 he excavated atSamarra, the 9th-century capital of theAbbasid dynasty, withErnst Herzfeld. The two men published their findings in "Archäologische Reise im Euphrat-und Tigris Gebeit" ("Archaeological journey in theEuphrates andTigris region").[1][2]
Fairy-tale narrator (photographed 1898 inBukhara by Friedrich Sarre)
He collected art from throughout the Middle East, especially fromPersia andConstantinople. These items were put on exhibition in Berlin (1899), and laterParis at theExposition des arts musulmans (1903). He donated most of his collection to theKaiser Friedrich Museum in Berlin,[1] where from 1921 to 1931 he was the director of its "Islamic department".[citation needed]
Reise in Kleinasien-sommer 1895--forschungen zur Seldjukishin Kunst und Geographie des Landes, 1896 – Travel inAsia Minor, Summer 1895. Research ofSeljuq art and geography of the country.
Denkmäler persischer Baukunst : geschichtliche Untersuchung und Aufnahme muhammedanischer Backsteinbauten in Vorderasien und Persien (1901 1910) – Monuments ofPersian architecture; historical investigations and records of Islamic brick buildings in Asia Minor and Persia.
