The tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered in 1922 in the Valley of the Kings in Luxor (Egypt) by Howard Carted, yielded over 6000 items. Among the vast number of richly embellished precious objects, such as the solid gold coffin and mask, were also more mundane objects, including the hitherto unpublished basketry objects. Baskets, the ‘plastic bags’ of the ancient world, were used for storage of all sorts of things, including food, clothing and jewellery, and many that were found in the tomb re...

One hundred years ago, Howard Carter, working for Lord Carnarvon, made one of the most important archaeological discoveries of all times in the Valley of the Kings (Luxor, Egypt): the nearly intact tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (ca. 1335-1325 BC). In addition to the king’s body, the tomb contained well over 5000 objects, which were recovered, conserved and recorded by Carter and his team. The fabulous treasures, such as the gold coffins, funerary mask, jewellery, as well as the ...

This book discusses various aspects of city gates in the Western Roman Empire: Italy, Spain, Gaul, Germany and Britain. In these countries many Roman city gates are to be found, sometimes still in a good condition, like the Porta Nigra in Trier and the Porta Appia in Rome.

Similarly to medieval or early-modern city gates, Roman city gates did not all have the same design but show an evolution over time and depending on the circumstances: sometimes they appear as simple, narrow passages (which...

Ancient Egyptian elites invested immense cultural and economic efforts in preparing for their afterlives. However, the diversity of choices open to them is often overlooked. These choices included tomb size, tomb location, and architectural design, as well as tomb decoration, and the selection of certain grave gifts. Their choices depended on financial means, but also on contemporary fashion, among other factors. Ancient sites were visited by the living to commemorate and rejuvenate human anc...

In the later Roman period the North Sea and Channel region was the scene of seaborne attacks, political crises, army reforms, Germanic invasions and changing imperial defence strategies. Literary evidence for this era is poor. On the other hand the Shore forts can yield highly significant information, but have been subject to little study in recent decades. At the Belgian coastal fort at Oudenburg large-scale excavations in the first decade of the 21st century revealed a strikingly well-prese...

Nicolaus Westendorp (1773-1836) was een dominee in Nederlandse romantische traditie. Zo als veel van zijn collega’s begon hij zijn literaire leven als dichter. Hoewel het dominee zijn altijd zijn hoofd doel bleef werd hij landelijk bekend als oudheidkundige.

Als kind van de Nederlandse Romantiek stond hij met zijn voeten in het Verlichtingsdenken. Oudheidkunde was voor hem een praktische studie waarmee het net ontstane koninkrijk der Nederlanden een stevige basis kon krijgen. Het diende er ...

Deze bundel vormt de neerslag van de 9e Nederlandse metaaltijdendag gehouden op 9 oktober 2021 in Leiden. Op die dag werden in de ochtend lezingen gehouden rondom het thema ‘brons- en ijzertijd in het heden’. In de middag was er ruimte voor een breed scala aan onderwerpen die de gehele periode van de metaaltijden omvatten. U kunt onder andere lezen over experimenteel onderzoek naar het gieten van brons, het veenlijk van Emmer-Erfscheiderveen, een bronzen speerpunt met een houten schacht ...

Begin 21ste eeuw landt een golf Afrikanen op de zuidkust van Sicilië, in wrakke bootjes en zonder verblijfspapieren. De Arabische Lente heeft hun landen in chaos gestort en zij zoeken hun heil in dit meest dichtbije stukje Europa. Europese politici spreken van ‘pech’, een gevolg van de geringe afstand tussen Sicilië en Afrika. Toch gold die nabijheid lang als gelukkig.

Liefst twee duizend jaar profiteerde Sicilië van zijn centrale ligging in de Middellandse Zee en zijn nauwe banden met...

This book combines the latest studies of Near Eastern Neolithic lithics by leading international archaeologists to develop their analytical potential and advance our understanding of the world oldest farming societies of the Near East in human history.

This volume presents the proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East, hosted at the University of Tokyo, Japan, from November 12 to 16, 2019 (PPN9-Tokyo).

A u...

This book combines the latest studies of Near Eastern Neolithic lithics by leading international archaeologists to develop their analytical potential and advance our understanding of the world oldest farming societies of the Near East in human history.

This volume presents the proceedings of the 9th International Conference of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic Chipped and Ground Stone Industries of the Near East, hosted at the University of Tokyo, Japan, from November 12 to 16, 2019 (PPN9-Tokyo).

A u...