Education
Michael Siebler studied classical archaeology.
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Troia, Homer, Schliemann: Mythos und Wahrheit (Kulturgeschichte der antiken Welt) (German Edition)
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Michael Siebler
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Career
While he was still studying he took part in various excavations, including those at A German Academic Exchange Service stipend enabled him to take up a residence in Athens. In 1984 he received his doctorate from the University of Mainz for Studien zum augusteischen Mars Ultor (Studies on the Augustan Mars Ultor). After that he spent a period in a position at the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut in Damascus.
From 1986, Siebler was an editor of the literary supplement of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
In this role he looked after archaeological matters and the page on the art market. A key focus of his published work is research on Homer, Troy and Heinrich Schliemann.
As FAZ editor he helped spread the findings of Manfred Korfmann, but in the end he did not endorse Korfmann"s position in the Troy Controversy. After he left FAZ, he was employed by the pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, where he managed the historical archive.
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Membership
A position as a member of the Mainz University Archaeological institute followed.
