1,317 search results for “ancient numismatics” in the Public website
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PURANA: Mythical Discourse and Religious Agency in the Puranic Ecumene
This project receives funding from the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101054849 (PURANA).
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El Lienzo de Otla
Memoria de un Paisaje Sagrado
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About the programme
The programme consists of 60 EC, to be completed in one year.
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Winged Words
The prehistory of communication metaphors
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ERC Starting Grant for prof.dr. Remco Breuker
Professor of Korean Studies Remco Breuker has been awarded a subsidy from the European Research Council to study the dispute between both Koreas and China on the history of Manchuria.
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Contact
Address and contact details of LeiCenSAA
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Ancient lexical borrowings between Sinitic and their northern neighbours
Lecture, CHiLL series
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Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 22
Leiden Journal of Pottery Studies 22, 2006
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Poetry and power: the appreciation of the verse in Seljuq and Ilkhanid chronicles : the case of Rāḥat al-Ṣudūr and Jāmiʿ al-Tavārīkh
On Wednesday 20 November 2024 Sara Mirahmadi successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.
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Roman Republican Colonization
New perspectives from archaeology and ancient history
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The Ikūn-pîša Letter Archive from Tell ed-Dēr
This volume sees the publication of fifty-six early Old Babylonian letters from ca. 1880 BCE. They were found by legendary Iraqi archaeologist Taha Baqir in 1941 at the site of Tell ed-Dēr, ancient Sippar-Amnānum, in central Iraq.
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Liquid footprints
The present study explores the role of water in the ancient Roman city of Ostia.In antiquity, Ostia was situated at the intersection of the Tiber River and the Mediterranean Sea, and acted as one of the harbour cities of Rome for several centuries.This study investigates how water was acquired, used,…
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Creating capitals
The rationale, construction, and function of the imperial capitals of Assyria
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The Complete Archaeology of Greece
This book covers the story of Greece and its central role in our understanding of European civilization, from the Palaeolithic era (400,000 BP) to the early modern period (1950 AD).
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Form and Function in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature
Form and Function in Greek Grammar. Linguistic Contributions to the Study of Greek Literature is a new book, written by Albert Rijksbaron. Rijksbaron is internationally known as one of the leading scholars of the Ancient Greek language, whose work has exerted a strong and lasting influence on the scholarly…
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The Safaitic scripts: Palaeography of an ancient nomadic writing culture
PhD defence
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Research on ancient southern Arabia: Current situation and outlook
Lecture, Leiden Yemeni Studies Lecture Series
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LeiCenSAA organization
The executive tasks of LeiCenSAA are performed by the director of LeiCenSAA, Ahmad Al-Jallad. He is assisted Marijn van Putten who oversees the office.
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Making and creating with ages-old knowledge
The ability to create objects and structures with our hands has been essential to human development. This ability is something modern society is at risk of losing. Leiden archaeologists gather knowledge about ancient processes of ‘making and creating’ over the centuries, knowledge that helps our current…
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Introducing Renske Janssen
Renske Janssen started her PhD project at LUCAS and LUIH in October 2015. Her project is part of the research field ‘History and Culture of Ancient Judaism and Early Christianity’, supervised by Jürgen Zangenberg.
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Udhruh Archaeological Project
The hinterland of important centres like Petra (Southern Jordan) can provide essential information that contribute to the understanding of their rise, expansion and decline.
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Research
Overview of the main research projects at the Leiden Papyrological Institute.
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Hoard of Roman coins turns out to be offering for safe crossing
Several years ago, two amateur archaeologists from Brabant discovered over a hundred Roman coins near to Berlicum in the north of the province. After years of research, it now appears that the location, close to a ford in the river, was a site for offerings. Another interesting fact is that the coins…
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About the programme
During the two-year Ancient History (research) programme you will learn from inspired academics and learn how to conduct quality research.
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The figure of Orestes in Greek literature
This project will study the cultural meaning of the mythological figure of Orestes within the ancient Greek imagination, as it emerges from various literary sources from the archaic and classical periods.
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Fire and Human Evolution
Despite the field’s general agreement that pyrotechnology had a significant impact on the cultural evolution of humankind, our understanding of the origins and development of fire use and its role in humankind’s cultural evolution is very limited, blurred by strong disagreements over its chronology…
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From standard pots to potters' standards
An integrated approach to ceramic standardization and change in Archaic Satricum (6th–4th century BC)
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Associates
Associates of Leiden University Center for Intercultural Philosophy
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Dogmatism: On the History of a Scholarly Vice
Why does the history of dogmatism deserve our attention? This open access book analyses uses of the term, following dogmatism from Victorian Britain to Cold War America, examining why it came to be regarded as a vice, and how understandings of its meaning have evolved.
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The First Horse Herders and the Impact of Early Bronze Age Steppe Expansions into Asia
The article investigates the origins of Indo-European languages in Asia by 65 coupling ancient genomics to archaeology and linguistics.
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Study at LUCAS
LUCAS members are experts in the fields of literary history and theory, film and media studies, and art, architectural, and book history. Members of LUCAS teach in a wide variety of Bachelor's, Master’s, and Research Master’s Programmes.
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Team
The team consists of
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Die biblisch-hebräische Partikel נָא im Lichte der antiken Bibelübersetzungen. Unter besonderer Berücksichtigung ihrer vermuteten Höflichkeitsfunktion
My research addresses the function of the much-debated particle -nā in Biblical Hebrew, often translated with “please”, from the point of view of the most important ancient Bible translations (Greek, Syriac, Latin). It combines textual criticism, translation technique, discourse pragmatics, and the…
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Integrating palaeoproteomics into the zooarchaeological analysis of Palaeolithic bone assemblages
Doctoral Thesis
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Boetian Landscapes
A GIS-based study for the reconstruction and interpretation of the archaeological datasets of ancient Boeotia
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Nabataean Aramaic
A living language?
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Stefan Norbruis
Faculty of Humanities
s.norbruis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | +31 71 527 2727
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The Skandapurāṇa Project
Uniting an international consortium of scholars, the Skandapurāṇa Project comprises a team of researchers working in fields across the Humanities. We are creating a critical edition of a foundational work of purāṇic literature and, in doing so, tracing the dynamics of a textual tradition to better understand…
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DUSANE: Dutch Symposium of the Ancient Near East 2023
Symposium
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Oxford Handbook of Cities in World History
This seminal volume covers the entire global history of urbanization since the rise of cities in Mesopotamia in the 6th millennium BC. Leiden historians Wim Blockmans, Leonard Blussé, Luuk de Ligt and Leo Lucassen contributed survey and thematic chapters.
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Student life
Your time at Leiden is about more than just studying. Some of your best experiences will stem from being a part of our lively and diverse student community, as well as from life in the beautiful city of Leiden.
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Student life
Your time at Leiden is about more than just studying. Some of your best experiences will stem from being a part of our lively and diverse student community, as well as from life in the beautiful city of Leiden.
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IPH Common Institute Colloquium: Standpoints in Philosophy
Debate
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Middle East
Leiden’s expertise on the Middle East spans from ancient history to contemporary tensions in the region. By studying languages, cultures, religions, literature, art, and philosophy in in conjunction, we create an indispensable, in-depth understanding.
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Leiden contributes to Getty Museum exhibition
Leiden researchers have made an important contribution to the successful ‘Beyond the Nile’ exhibition in the American J. Paul Getty Museum. They also contributed to the exhibition volume that will be presented to Rector Magnificus Carel stolker on 5 September.
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Greek-Dutch dictionary project
Lexicographical description of Greek; production of Greek-Dutch dictionary
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History (BA)
Are you fascinated by the past and do you like to challenge yourself? In the Dutch-taught Bachelor's programme History at Leiden University you will approach the past with a sharp and analytic view and you will learn to look at the past from a completely new perspective. study the history of the ancient…
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Counting points on surfaces
van Luijk