Trailer: Berlin’s Largest Excavation, Research Area Biesdorf

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The Research Area Biesdorf offers a chance to experience the archaeology of Berlin. In a unique cooperation, the Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte (Museum of Prehistory and Early History), the Berlin Monument Authority, the Düppel Historic Village (Museumsdorf Düppel), students of the Free University Berlin and teenagers from Marzahn-Hellersdorf present the work of Berlin’s archaeologists.

The East-Berlin district of Marzahn-Hellersdorf, to which Biesdorf belongs, is known for its “Gardens of the World” (“Gärten der Welt”) and to an extent also for its buildings made of precast concrete slabs, the so-called Plattenbauten that were widely erected there during the times of the GDR. However, archaeologists have revealed that the district has much more to offer.