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Klaus Schmidt was born on 11 December, 1953 in Feuchtwangen, West Germany (now Germany), is a German archaeologist. Discover Klaus Schmidt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 60 years old?

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Age 60 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 11 December 1953
Birthday 11 December
Birthplace Feuchtwangen, West Germany (now Germany)
Date of death 20 July, 2014
Died Place Ückeritz, Germany
Nationality Germany

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1953

Klaus Schmidt (11 December 1953 – 20 July 2014) was a German archaeologist and prehistorian who led the excavations at Göbekli Tepe from 1996 to 2014.

Klaus Schmidt studied pre- and protohistory, as well as classical archaeology and geology at the universities of Erlangen and Heidelberg.

1983

He completed his doctorate in 1983 at the Heidelberg University under the direction of Harald Hauptmann.

1984

He received a travel stipend from the German Archaeological Institute from 1984 to 1986.

1986

From 1986 to 1995, he received a research stipend from the German Research Foundation and was employed at the Institute of pre- and proto-history of the Heidelberg University, working on various projects with the German Archaeological Institute and the Heidelberg University.

1995

In 1995, he became the leader of the excavations at Gürcütepe and Göbekli Tepe in Southeast Turkey.

Schmidt purchased a house in nearby Urfa, which became his base of operations.

His team of archaeologists typically excavated the site of Göbekli Tepe during two months in the spring and two months in the fall.

1999

He received his habilitation in 1999 from the University of Erlangen and in 2000 became Privatdozent in Pre- and Proto-history at the Institute for Pre- and Proto-history of the University of Erlangen.

2001

Starting 2001, he became the referent in prehistoric archaeology of the Oriental division of the German Archaeological Institute, and from 2007 was corresponding member of the institute.

2007

Also in 2007, he became adjunct professor at the University of Erlangen.

2011

In a 2011 interview, Schmidt estimated that roughly five percent of the site had been excavated.

Klaus Schmidt was married to Turkish archaeologist Çiğdem Köksal-Schmidt.

2014

He died of a heart attack while swimming in Germany on 20 July 2014.