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…
Roman Pottery in the Low Countries
Past Research, Current State, Future Directions
Edited by Roderick C.A. Geerts & Philip Bes | 2024
This edited volume was written on the occasion of the 33rd Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Fautores (www.fautores.org), which was held in September 2024 in Leiden, and offers a status quaestionis of Roman pottery…
Larger than Life
The Ommerschans hoard and the role of giant swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC)
Edited by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz & David Fontijn | 2024
In 1896 a remarkable hoard was discovered near Ommerschans in the eastern Netherlands that included a spectacular object: a giant bronze sword. It was obtained by the landowner and kept by a forester, until it…
Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Maarten J. Raven | 2024
The five tombs dealt with in this book were explored between 2009 and 2017 by the Leiden-Turin Expedition in the New Kingdom necropolis of Saqqara. All of them can be described as minor tombs, constructed…
Style and Society in the Prehistory of West Asia
Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Peter M.M.G. Akkermans | 2023
Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was a remarkable archaeologist whose work has transformed the study of later Neolithic societies in West Asia. He has inspired many colleagues and students in their own pursuit of archaeology. Through the analysis…
Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume I)
Excavation and Material Culture
Govert van Driel† & Carol van Driel-Murray | 2023
Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For…
Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume II)
Plates of Room Contents
Govert van Driel† & Carol van Driel-Murray | 2023
Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For…
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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…
Roman Pottery in the Low Countries
Past Research, Current State, Future Directions
Edited by Roderick C.A. Geerts & Philip Bes | 2024
This edited volume was written on the occasion of the 33rd Congress of the Rei Cretariæ Romanæ Fautores (www.fautores.org), which was held in September 2024 in Leiden, and offers a status quaestionis of Roman pottery…
Larger than Life
The Ommerschans hoard and the role of giant swords in the European Bronze Age (1500-1100 BC)
Edited by Luc W.S.W. Amkreutz & David Fontijn | 2024
In 1896 a remarkable hoard was discovered near Ommerschans in the eastern Netherlands that included a spectacular object: a giant bronze sword. It was obtained by the landowner and kept by a forester, until it…
Five New Kingdom Tombs at Saqqara
Maarten J. Raven | 2024
The five tombs dealt with in this book were explored between 2009 and 2017 by the Leiden-Turin Expedition in the New Kingdom necropolis of Saqqara. All of them can be described as minor tombs, constructed…
Style and Society in the Prehistory of West Asia
Essays in Honour of Olivier P. Nieuwenhuyse
Edited by Bleda S. Düring and Peter M.M.G. Akkermans | 2023
Olivier Nieuwenhuyse was a remarkable archaeologist whose work has transformed the study of later Neolithic societies in West Asia. He has inspired many colleagues and students in their own pursuit of archaeology. Through the analysis…
Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume I)
Excavation and Material Culture
Govert van Driel† & Carol van Driel-Murray | 2023
Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For…
Jebel Aruda: An Uruk period temple and settlement in Syria (Volume II)
Plates of Room Contents
Govert van Driel† & Carol van Driel-Murray | 2023
Jebel Aruda, a prominent mountain ridge overlooking the Tabqa Dam lake in northern Syria, was the location of a remarkable settlement that flourished between c. 3300 and 3100 BC during the so-called Uruk period. For…
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