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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

Archaeologists --- Archaeology --- Archéologues --- Archéologie --- Biography. --- History --- Biographies --- Histoire --- Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan, --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden. --- Archéologues --- Archéologie --- Historians --- Reuvens, C. J. C. --- Reuvens, Casparus Jacobus Christianus, --- Leiden Museum of Antiquities --- Musée d'antiquités des Pays-Bas --- Museo antiquario leidensi --- Museum of Archeology (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Museum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) --- National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden --- National Museum of Antiquities at Leyden --- National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden --- Nationalmuseum für Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Reichs-Altertums-Museum (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Reichsmuseum der Altertümer (Leiden, Netherlands) --- Rijks Museum van Oudheden di Leida (Olanda) --- Rijks Museum van Oudheden of Leyden (The Netherlands) --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (Leiden, Netherlands) --- RMO in Leiden --- Netherlands --- Reuvens, Caspar Jacob Christiaan --- Rijksmuseum van Oudheden te Leiden --- Biography --- 1815-1830 --- 1830-1849 --- archaeological --- museum --- national --- antiquities --- salt --- collection --- dutch --- consul --- forum --- hadriani

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Throws new light on the process of creating a national museum, and the difficulties of convincing society of the value of the past.

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Cyprus has a long and eventful history. The island lies in the eastern Mediterranean, where the cultures of Anatolia, Assyria, the Levant, Egypt, and Greece flourished in antiquity. Each of these great civilisations has left its mark on the history of Cyprus, through commercial ties, migration, conflicts, and technological innovations. The mining of copper in the Troodos Mountains led to lively trade, greatly boosting the prosperity of the island's various kingdoms. These independent states maintained relations with all the neighbouring states, leading to a cultural melting pot of languages, customs, and religions. Yet certain elements can be seen as truly Cypriot down the ages: the widespread veneration of the goddess Aphrodite, who was born from the foam of the waves off the island's west coast, the unique character of the arts in the Bronze and Iron Ages, and a marked capacity to absorb foreign influences without sacrificing the island's own distinctive character.0This book introduces readers to the main landmarks in the history of Cyprus. Various topics in the island's archaeological past are discussed, each one written by a leading expert. You will meet the first inhabitants of the island, who crossed the sea from the mainland in tiny boats and rafts, bringing their livestock with them. And you will read about the ships, which started their journey across the Mediterranean laden with cargoes of copper ingots. Discussions of the history of archaeological investigations of the island range from random acts of plunder in the nineteenth century to ongoing scientific investigations. Several chapters focus on the highlights of Cypriot art in the collections of the museums of Cyprus, Stockholm, and Leiden.00Exhibition: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, the Netherlands (11.10.2019-15.3.2020).

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