Scholars, Travellers and Trade: The Pioneer Years of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, 1818-40Today, 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? |
Contents
per aspera ad astra | 24 |
Collections and conflicts | 31 |
5 | 49 |
the quest for Carthage | 71 |
The Borgia inheritance | 87 |
digging behind the dunes | 112 |
dreams and reality | 128 |
End of the pioneer years 183540 | 141 |
Life of C J C Reuvens | 153 |
a wanderers song | 160 |
175 | |