Robert Zahn (archaeologist)

Robert Zahn (9 January 1870, in Bruchsal – 27 November 1945, in Berlin) was a German classical archaeologist, specializing in ceramics and other small objects of Greek antiquity.

In 1896 he received his doctorate at Heidelberg as a student of Friedrich von Duhn, and afterwards participated in excavations at the Acropolis in Athens.

In 1901 he became a directorial assistant at the Department of Antiquities in Berlin, where in 1931 he succeeded Theodor Wiegand as director.

In 1928 he received an honorary professorship from the University of Berlin.

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