Robert Koldewey was a German archaeologist. He is well-known for introducing the technique of recording and excavating mudbrick architecture in the Ancient Near East. From 1901 till 1903 he excavated at Borsippa and Fara. Financed by the German Oriental Society, Robert Koldewey conducted each year – from 1899 till the start of WO I – archaeological excavations in Babylon.