Approaching Carthage: Image and Reality The Byrsa, the hill where the center of ancient Carthage was situated, is not very impressive. The image of Carthage in European collective memory is. Or is it not? Pieter ter Keurs • June 12, 2014 • 2 comments
Carthage: The image of a lost city An exhibition always poses problems of representation. In the case of the lost city of Carthage: stereotypes and a lack of information. By its upcoming exhibition the National Museum of Antiquities seeks to shed new light on the Tunisian Unesco site. Pieter ter Keurs • March 12, 2014 • 2 comments
Mummies and coffins in Leiden Somehow mummies and coffins have always fascinated people. Why? From the moment archaeologists excavated many of them, mummies and coffins started lives that were not originally intended. Pieter ter Keurs • June 03, 2013 • 2 comments
