Max von Oppenheim, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Max von Oppenheim

German historian

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1860

Place of Birth: Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 15-Nov-1946

Profession: politician, diplomat, historian, archaeologist, anthropologist, non-fiction writer

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Max (Freiherr) von Oppenheim (15 July 1860 in Cologne – 17 November 1946 in Landshut) was a German lawyer, diplomat, ancient historian, and archaeologist.
He was a member of the Oppenheim banking dynasty.
Abandoning his career in diplomacy, he discovered the site of Tell Halaf in 1899 and conducted excavations there in 1911-13 and again in 1929.
Bringing many of his finds to Berlin, he exhibited them in a private museum.
This was destroyed by Allied bombing in World War II.
However, most of the findings were recently restored and have been exhibited again at Berlin and Bonn. Oppenheim was a controversial figure before and during World War I because he was considered a spy by the French and British.
He did in fact engage in anti-Allied propaganda, aimed at stirring up the Muslim populations of the Allied-controlled territories against their colonial masters.