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Egyptian mummies : radiological atlas of the collections in the National museum of antiquities at Leiden.
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ISBN: 2503517013 9782503517018 Year: 2005 Volume: 1 Publisher: Turnhout Brepols

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his is the first volume in the new series of Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities (PALMA). The National Museum of Antiquities (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) in Leiden (Netherlands) houses important collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, classical, and Dutch archaeology. With 31 human mummies and over 70 embalmed animals, the Egyptian mummy collection in Leiden is justly famous for its range and variety. It is rather surprising, therefore, that it has never before received any proper description. This new catalogue aims at filling this lacuna by providing extensive descriptions of all mummies, with basic museological and archaeological information on their provenance, date, decorative trappings, etc. However, the major interest of the publication lies in the presentation of the results of a recent research project. Most human mummies were already investigated radiologically in 1965. Some animal mummies were scanned by computer tomography in 1981, and two occasional scans of human mummies were made in 1997 and 1998. The start of the present research project came in 1999 when a cooperation was established with the Academic Medical Centre (AMC) in Amsterdam. Since then, all human mummies have been scanned using the most modern technology. This provided a wealth of information on age and sex, embalming methods, and palaeopathology. At the same time, all animal mummies were X-rayed, allowing a proper assessment of their contents and a zoological determination of the species involved. Thus, the catalogue part of this publication obtains the character of a proper radiological atlas. It is preceded by introductory chapters on the development of the Leiden mummy collection and on the history of embalming and of mummy research, and by a presentation of the most important anthropological, pathological, and archaeological findings in the human mummies.


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Beeld en reliëf : gids voor de verzameling Griekse en Romeinse beeldhouwkunst in het Rijksmuseum van oudheden te Leiden.
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ISBN: 9012024242 Year: 1979 Publisher: 's-Gravenhage Staatsuitgeverij


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Die Mythisierung der Zeit : die beiden Bücher über die altägyptischen Schalttage des magischen pLeiden I 346
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ISSN: 03406342 ISBN: 3447042133 9783447042130 Year: 1999 Volume: 37 Publisher: Wiesbaden : Harrassowitz,

Scholars, travellers, and trade : the pioneer years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-1840
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ISBN: 0415276306 0415518555 9786610073917 0203638859 1134475276 1280073918 0203634543 1134475268 Year: 2004 Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge,

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Today, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden is internationally known for its outstanding archaeological collections. Yet its origins lie in an insignificant assortment of artefacts used for study by Leiden University. How did this transformation come about?Ruurd Halbertsma has delved into the archives to show that the appointment of Caspar Reuvens as Professor of Archaeology in 1818 was the crucial turning point. He tells the dramatic story of Reuvens' struggle to establish the museum, with battles against rival scholars, red tape and the Dutch attitude of neglect towards archaeolo


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The demotic ostraca in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden
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ISBN: 9004040188 Year: 1974 Publisher: Leiden : Brill,

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