The Bissing Link
The Collections and Network of Egyptologist F. W. von Bissing (1873–1956)
Edited by Lars Petersen & Ben van den Bercken | 2025
One of the largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese antiquities worldwide was accrued by the Egyptologist Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956). As a scholar, university professor, and politically engaged Prussian nobleman he was an…
Village Life at Prehistoric Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan
Microarchaeological, Archaeobiological, and Artifact Studies
Edited by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck & Ilia Heit | 2025
Archaeological research on early villages has repeatedly shown that despite their small size these settlements were anything but simple. Excavations at the Late Neolithic and early Aeneolithic village of Monjukli Depe in the Kopet Dag…
Bodies that Mattered
Ancient Egyptian Corporealities
Edited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić | 2025
Bodies are immanent element of socio-cultural negotiation. Since the 19th century, Egyptology has produced vast knowledge on the ancient Egyptian bodies (human, divine, animal), however, mainly by focusing on funerary aspects of ancient Egyptian culture.…
Animal Mummies
From Research to Outreach at the Allard Pierson
Edited by Ben van den Bercken | 2025
Ancient Egyptian animal mummies can be found in almost every Egyptological museum collection. These mummified bodies of animals—from cats and falcons to scarabs and fish—played a role in animal cults and religion, but could also…
Tepe Sadegh, a Bronze Age settlement on the Sistan Plain
Pottery, Chronology, and Interactions
Setareh Ebrahimiabareghi | 2025
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the typology and chronology of pottery from Tepe Sadegh, located on the Sistan Plain of southeastern Iran. Tepe Sadegh, a suburban settlement situated 75 km southeast of…
Dem Wandel auf der Spur
Bauen und Wohnen in Monjukli Depe und Umgebung, Turkmenistan
Ilia Heit | 2025
Die ersten Gemeinschaften von Ackerbauern und Viehzüchtern traten im Kopet-Dag-Vorland in Südturkmenistan Ende des 7. Jahrtausends v. Chr. auf und läuteten eine lange Geschichte dörflichen Lebens in Lehmziegelbauten ein. Dieses Buch untersucht das Bauen und…
The lost mummy of Djedhor
Reconstructing the burial of a Ptolemaic priest from Thebes
Maarten J. Raven | 2025
In the rich archives of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities lies a fascinating manuscript dealing with the autopsy on an Ancient Egyptian mummy. This was performed in 1878 by the Museum’s curator Willem Pleyte. Thanks…
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The Bissing Link
The Collections and Network of Egyptologist F. W. von Bissing (1873–1956)
Edited by Lars Petersen & Ben van den Bercken | 2025
One of the largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese antiquities worldwide was accrued by the Egyptologist Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956). As a scholar, university professor, and politically engaged Prussian nobleman he was an…
Village Life at Prehistoric Monjukli Depe, Turkmenistan
Microarchaeological, Archaeobiological, and Artifact Studies
Edited by Susan Pollock, Reinhard Bernbeck & Ilia Heit | 2025
Archaeological research on early villages has repeatedly shown that despite their small size these settlements were anything but simple. Excavations at the Late Neolithic and early Aeneolithic village of Monjukli Depe in the Kopet Dag…
Bodies that Mattered
Ancient Egyptian Corporealities
Edited by Dina Serova & Uroš Matić | 2025
Bodies are immanent element of socio-cultural negotiation. Since the 19th century, Egyptology has produced vast knowledge on the ancient Egyptian bodies (human, divine, animal), however, mainly by focusing on funerary aspects of ancient Egyptian culture.…
Animal Mummies
From Research to Outreach at the Allard Pierson
Edited by Ben van den Bercken | 2025
Ancient Egyptian animal mummies can be found in almost every Egyptological museum collection. These mummified bodies of animals—from cats and falcons to scarabs and fish—played a role in animal cults and religion, but could also…
Tepe Sadegh, a Bronze Age settlement on the Sistan Plain
Pottery, Chronology, and Interactions
Setareh Ebrahimiabareghi | 2025
This book offers the first comprehensive analysis of the typology and chronology of pottery from Tepe Sadegh, located on the Sistan Plain of southeastern Iran. Tepe Sadegh, a suburban settlement situated 75 km southeast of…
Dem Wandel auf der Spur
Bauen und Wohnen in Monjukli Depe und Umgebung, Turkmenistan
Ilia Heit | 2025
Die ersten Gemeinschaften von Ackerbauern und Viehzüchtern traten im Kopet-Dag-Vorland in Südturkmenistan Ende des 7. Jahrtausends v. Chr. auf und läuteten eine lange Geschichte dörflichen Lebens in Lehmziegelbauten ein. Dieses Buch untersucht das Bauen und…
The lost mummy of Djedhor
Reconstructing the burial of a Ptolemaic priest from Thebes
Maarten J. Raven | 2025
In the rich archives of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities lies a fascinating manuscript dealing with the autopsy on an Ancient Egyptian mummy. This was performed in 1878 by the Museum’s curator Willem Pleyte. Thanks…
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