121 search results for “ancient here” in the Staff website
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Kim BeerdenFaculty of Humanities
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Mariëtte KeukenLeiden University Libraries
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Miko FlohrFaculty of Humanities
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Paul BeliënFaculty of Humanities
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Cornelis van TilburgFaculty of Humanities
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Carolien van ZoestFaculty of Humanities
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Jürgen ZangenbergFaculty of Humanities
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‘The ancient Egyptians were concerned with more than just death’
When we think about ancient Egypt, the first things that come to mind are usually mummies and sarcophagi. According to researcher and Rijksmuseum van Oudheden curator Lara Weiss, that impression is unjustified. She made an audio tour for the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden that focuses on living Egyptians…
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Rafal MatuszewskiFaculty of Humanities
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Patrick GouwLeiden University Libraries
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The ancient Egyptians were just like us
The people who lived in Saqqara, City of the Dead in Egypt, died thousands of years ago, but they are not all that different from us. This is what a study by the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands concludes. If you wanted to prove that you had good taste in ancient Egypt then…
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Rens TacomaFaculty of Humanities
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Leiden researchers organise first Week of Ancient Writing
This month marks the two-hundredth anniversary of the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing. NINO, the Language Museum, Things that Talk and the National Museum of Antiquities are seizing the opportunity to organise the first Week of Ancient Writing.
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‘Eldest sons held the power in ancient Egypt’
For decades it was thought that the family system of the ancient Egyptians was very similar to our own. However, PhD candidate Steffie van Gompel explains that the reality is somewhat different. ‘In Egyptian families, it was often the eldest son versus the rest of the children.’
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Ancient Greek spelling mistakes shed new light on language development
If you had something important to write down in ancient times, you would usually write in Greek in the eastern Mediterranean. University lecturer Joanne Stolk has been awarded an ERC grant to explore the kinds of spelling mistakes that were made in these scripts. And, more importantly, what improvements…
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Education in Ancient Egypt: 'Everyone Used the Same Text'
For hundreds of years, children in Ancient Egypt learned to read using The Satire of the Trades, a text in which a father gives advice to his son through descriptions of different professions. PhD candidate Judith Jurjens investigated how this worked in practice.
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Willemijn WaalFaculty of Humanities
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Keuzegids Masters 2025: History and Classics and Ancient Civilizations score well above average
Two Humanities research masters and one master’s programme score well above average in the Keuzegids Masters: the research master History, the master and research master Classics and Ancient Civilizations.
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Nico StaringFaculty of Humanities
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Caroline WaerzeggersFaculty of Humanities
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Robert PittFaculty of Humanities
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Jonathan StöklFaculty of Humanities
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Gerard Versluis
Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid
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Research by Willemijn Waal in various media
Research by Assistant Professor Willemijn Waal has gained attention from various media outlets. Waal investigates, among other things, whether the Greek alphabet might be older than previously thought.
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Tazuko van Berkel receives Ammodo Science Award
University lecturer Tazuko van Berkel is one of this year's laureates of the Ammodo Science Award. The award includes a sum of 350,000 euros that she can use as she wishes to explore new avenues in basic scientific research.
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Peter BisschopFaculty of Humanities
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Ilan PeledFaculty of Humanities
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Miriam MüllerFaculty of Humanities
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Jan Gerrit DercksenFaculty of Humanities
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Theo KrispijnFaculty of Humanities
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Niels SchoubbenFaculty of Humanities
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Adriaan RademakerFaculty of Humanities
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Ineke SluiterFaculty of Humanities
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Yi ChenFaculty of Humanities
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Liesbeth ClaesFaculty of Humanities
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Rosalba Icaza GarzaFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
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Sander Wezenberg