Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most important biblical archaeological institutes in the near east”. Today it says “leading biblical archaeological institute in jerusalem”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Biblical archaeological institute Logo GPIA The institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The entrance of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The garden of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The theodolite used by Gottlieb Schumacher in the museum of the institute Tall Zira'a in spring 2008 The German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA), Research Unit of the German Archaeological Institute , founded in 1900, is a leading biblical archaeological institute in Jerusalem. Its German name is Deutsches Evangelisches Institut für Altertumswissenschaft des Heiligen Landes (DEI) which translates literally to the German Protestant Institute for Classical and Ancient Studies in the Holy Land . The German Protestant Institute for Classical and Ancient Studies in the Holy Land (DEI) at the same time Research Centre of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) in 2013.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Logo GPIA The institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The entrance of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The garden of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The theodolite used by G. Schumacher in the museum of the institute Tall Zira'a in spring 2008 The German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA), Research Unit of the German Archaeological Institute , founded in 1900 is one of the most important biblical archaeological institutes in the Near East.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Logo GPIA The institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The entrance of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The garden of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The theodolite used by Gottlieb Schumacher in the museum of the institute Tall Zira'a in spring 2008 The German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA), Research Unit of the German Archaeological Institute , founded in 1900 is one of the most important biblical archaeological institutes in the Near East.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Logo GPIA The institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The entrance of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The garden of the institute in Jerusalem in 2007 The theodolite used by Gottlieb Schumacher in the museum of the institute Tall Zira'a in spring 2008 The German Protestant Institute of Archaeology (GPIA), Research Unit of the German Archaeological Institute , founded in 1900 is one of the most important biblical archaeological institutes in the Near East.
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Then
one of the most important biblical archaeological institutes in the near east
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leading biblical archaeological institute in jerusalem
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