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Press (in German)

On this page we have collected several interviews, articles and other press releases about our department or our associates. Please note that this collection is only available in German.

2025

  • Kushan script featured in Terra X
    A media tip for anyone following the discoveries surrounding the Kushan script: in this episode of Terra X on ZDF, Svenja Bonmann and her colleagues report on their deciphering of this script (from approx. minute 17:19). They then head to a mountain range in Tajikistan to recover and evaluate further characters carved into rocks. They are accompanied by a Tajik archaeologist and local civil protection authorities. Watch it on 1 March at 7:30 p.m. on ZDF and now in the media library (in German).
  • The European Huns had ancient Siberian roots
    A linguistic study proves that the European Huns and their Asian ancestors spoke the same Palaeo-Siberian language. This result refutes the previously assumed Turkish.

2024

2023

2015

  • Interview mit Daniel Kölligan zur Bedeutung von Dialekten, Campusradio Universität zu Köln (22.5.2015)
  • Vom Aussterben bedroht (22.04.2015)
    Interview mit Daniel Kölligan zum Aussterben von Dialekten in DIE WELT.
  • Stirbt die Kölsche Sprache aus? (19.04.2015)
    Interview mit Daniel Kölligan in Nordwest Zeitung Online.
  • Kölsche Sprache verliert an Bedeutung (04.2015)
    Interview mit Daniel Kölligan in VDS-Infobrief.