Engraved Gems: From Antiquity to the Present

ISBN-13: 9789088905056 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 230 str.

B. J. L. Van Den Bercken; V. C. P. Baan

O autorze

Ben van den Bercken is an archaeologist and junior curator of Ancient Egyptian antiquities at the Allard Pierson, University of Amsterdam. Formerly, he was assistant-curator Engraved Gems at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden. His work on the collection of engraved gems include contributions to the collection's history, Egyptian scarabs and cylinders seals. As an archaeologist he is working at excavations in Alexandria, Egypt. Vivian Baan (MA) studied Classics (Latin and ancient Greek languages and cultures) in Leiden. In her Master Classics and Ancient Civilisations she focused on museology, epigraphy and social history. She is now working at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden, as an editor and executive assistant to the director.