Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "For the other German Oriental Society, see Deutsche Morgenländische GesellschaftThe Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) (in English, German Oriental Company or German Oriental Society) is an Eingetragener Verein - a registered voluntary association - based at Berlin in Germany.The DOG was officially founded in January 1898 to foster public interest in oriental antiquities, and to promote related archaeological research. It competed with similar bodies in France and England, and reflected an increased enthusiasm to learn about the Bible lands in the late 19th century. DOG focussed on the cultures of the Middle East from early times to the Islamic period.The founders of the DOG included a galaxy powerful, well-connected and wealthy members of German society, including Henri James Simon and banker Franz von Mendelssohn. Their wealth enabled the DOG to undertake expensive excavations in the Middle East. Kaiser Wilhelm II developed an interested in archaeology, and took the DOG under his protection from 1901, funding excavations with grants from Imperial funds. It was officially a subsidiary of the German museum administration, so its finds automatically belonged to the Prussian state. Its work was aided by friendly relations established between the German and Ottoman Empires.Work was interrupted by the World Wars. The DOG was reestablished in 1947, and celebrated its centenary at the Pergamon Museum in 1998."@en }
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- Deutsche_Orient-Gesellschaft abstract "For the other German Oriental Society, see Deutsche Morgenländische GesellschaftThe Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft (DOG) (in English, German Oriental Company or German Oriental Society) is an Eingetragener Verein - a registered voluntary association - based at Berlin in Germany.The DOG was officially founded in January 1898 to foster public interest in oriental antiquities, and to promote related archaeological research. It competed with similar bodies in France and England, and reflected an increased enthusiasm to learn about the Bible lands in the late 19th century. DOG focussed on the cultures of the Middle East from early times to the Islamic period.The founders of the DOG included a galaxy powerful, well-connected and wealthy members of German society, including Henri James Simon and banker Franz von Mendelssohn. Their wealth enabled the DOG to undertake expensive excavations in the Middle East. Kaiser Wilhelm II developed an interested in archaeology, and took the DOG under his protection from 1901, funding excavations with grants from Imperial funds. It was officially a subsidiary of the German museum administration, so its finds automatically belonged to the Prussian state. Its work was aided by friendly relations established between the German and Ottoman Empires.Work was interrupted by the World Wars. The DOG was reestablished in 1947, and celebrated its centenary at the Pergamon Museum in 1998.".