Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten

Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten Research centre and library for Egyptology (including Coptology), Assyriology (including Hittitology), Near Eastern archaeology, and connected studies.

Het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten is een pijler van Nederlands onderzoek naar het oude Nabije Oosten en Egypte. Het NINO onderhoudt een hoog aangeschreven vakbibliotheek met open opstelling, en bezit enkele belangrijke collecties van o.a. kleitabletten. Het Instituut geeft wetenschappelijke tijdschriften en reeksen monografieën uit. The Netherlands Institute for the Near East is a pi

llar of Dutch research on the Ancient Near East and Egypt. NINO maintains an internationally renowned open-shelf library, holds important collections of cuneiform tablets and other Near Eastern objects, and publishes scientific journals and monographic series.

WORKSHOP – “The Zagros Region from the Kassites to Cyrus the Great. Archaeological and historical perspectives.” Wednesd...
04/09/2026

WORKSHOP – “The Zagros Region from the Kassites to Cyrus the Great. Archaeological and historical perspectives.” Wednesday 16 September 2026, RMO Leemanszaal, 13:30-16:45 hrs.

All are welcome!

📷 Diederik Meijer

LEERLINGENMIDDAG Oude Nabije Oosten-studies op 20 novemberHeb je altijd al eens willen weten hoe de Oude Egyptenaren tek...
03/09/2026

LEERLINGENMIDDAG Oude Nabije Oosten-studies op 20 november

Heb je altijd al eens willen weten hoe de Oude Egyptenaren tekenden, hoe je hiërogliefen of Hebreeuws kunt lezen, hoe je op papyrus schrijft, of hoe kleitabletten met spijkerschrift er van dichtbij uitzien? Wil je meer weten over de bestudering van de vroegste beschavingen?
Kom dan op vrijdagmiddag 20 november naar het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden! Studenten en docenten van de Universiteit Leiden laten je, aan de hand van museumstukken, kennismaken met verschillende aspecten van de oudheid.

• Wanneer: vrijdag 20 november, 13.00-16.30 uur
• Waar: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden (verzamelen bij de balie om 12.45 uur)
• Wie: VWO-leerlingen (en ook leraren)
• Deelname en museumtoegang zijn gratis!

Vraag vrij aan je school en meld je aan via https://www.onderwijsnetwerkzuidholland.nl/aanbod/gamma/leerlingenmiddag-oude-nabije-oosten

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ANIMALS AND POWER IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST – This symposium aims to critically examine how and why a...
31/08/2026

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: ANIMALS AND POWER IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST – This symposium aims to critically examine how and why animal-human interactions shaped and reflected structures of power in the ancient Near East, and to what extent these dynamics were culturally specific or more widely comparable. In particular, it seeks to explore how interdisciplinary approaches can offer new insights into the role of animals as symbols of power, and as active agents in shaping social and political relations.

Abstract should be written in English and must not exceed 300 words. Please submit your abstract as a pdf to [email protected] by Monday the 7th of September 2026. Limited funding for travel within the Netherlands is available for independent scholars and for researchers whose institutions are unable to cover these expenses. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submission in early September 2026. For more information, see https://acc.nieuw.nino-leiden.nl/events/animals-and-power-ancient-near-east

Conference theme: Animals occupied a central place in the economic, political, cultic, and social structures of ancient Near Eastern societies. The control over animals, whether through ownership, management, capture or killing, functioned as an expression and legitimization of power, status, and authority. These forms of control were expressed in multiple contexts: as political propaganda that reinforced royal legitimacy, in economic systems reliant on draught and pastoral animals, and in cultic practices involving large-scale breeding and sacrifice of animals. Together, these practices reveal how human-animal relationships were deeply embedded in the mechanisms of governance, wealth, and symbolism in early societies.

NINO THESIS PRIZES 2026 – Students in ancient Near Eastern Studies, have you recently turned in your BA or MA thesis?If ...
31/08/2026

NINO THESIS PRIZES 2026 – Students in ancient Near Eastern Studies, have you recently turned in your BA or MA thesis?

If you receive a really good mark, you can send in your BA or (r)MA thesis on Egyptology, Assyriology, archaeology of Anatolia or the Levant and literature or philology of Semitic languages to compete for a NINO Thesis Prize!

The best BA Thesis on the Ancient Near East written in study year 2025-2026 will win € 400, and the best MA Thesis € 600. Submission is open until 1 October. Full regulations and conditions at https://www.nino-leiden.nl/funding/nino-thesis-prizes

WEEK VAN HET OUDE SCHRIFT – De vijfde editie van de Week van het oude schrift wordt gehouden van maandag 21 t/m zaterdag...
20/08/2026

WEEK VAN HET OUDE SCHRIFT – De vijfde editie van de Week van het oude schrift wordt gehouden van maandag 21 t/m zaterdag 26 september 2026. Elke dag om 17.00 uur is er in het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden een gratis lezing door een specialist. Allerlei soorten schrift uit de oudheid komen zodoende aan bod, van hiëratisch en spijkerschrift tot Oudgrieks militair geheimschrift. Naast gevestigde experts van de Universiteit Leiden krijgen dit jaar ook opkomende oude schrift-talenten een podium.

Er zijn in totaal zes lezingen, maar u kunt zich ook per lezing aanmelden. Let op: de lezingen kunt u uitsluitend in het museum bijwonen, er zijn geen livestream-uitzendingen.

https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/week-van-het-oude-schrift-2026/

📕PUBLICATION – Georg Cyrus: Die Aneignung und Umnutzung von Herrschaftsräumen am Beispiel der Squattersiedlung der südwe...
20/07/2026

📕PUBLICATION – Georg Cyrus: Die Aneignung und Umnutzung von Herrschaftsräumen am Beispiel der Squattersiedlung der südwestasiatischen Eisenzeit.

II, 297 pp. ISBN: 978-1-80327-987-9 (pbk), 978-1-80327-988-6 (e-Pdf). Archaeopress Archaeology.
Print: £55.00; also available in Open Access from Archaeopress.

Following the fall of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, former monumental sites in northern Mesopotamia and the Zagros Mountains became long-lasting squatter settlements. This study by our former NINO Postdoc Fellow Georg Cyrus compares four such sites, revealing creative reuse of space and framing squatting as a distinct cultural phenomenon of the 6th–5th centuries BCE.

THEBAN TOMB DISCOVERY – The Dutch archaeological expedition at the Theban necropolis, directed by Dr. Carina van den Hov...
13/07/2026

THEBAN TOMB DISCOVERY – The Dutch archaeological expedition at the Theban necropolis, directed by Dr. Carina van den Hoven, discovered a hitherto unknown tomb in the area of Lower Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna, Luxor West Bank. The newly discovered tomb is located to the east of Theban Tomb 45, where the team has been carrying out a research and fieldwork project since 2018, in close collaboration with the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities.

The painted wall decoration inside the tomb shows the main tomb owner in adoration before various deities in shrines, and the tomb owner and his wife in front of an offering table. Based on the iconography and painting style, the tomb can be dated to the Ramesside period. Inscriptions inside the tomb identify the main tomb owner as Paser.

The discovery was made during the team’s seventh fieldwork season, in the context of the project’s primary aim, which is to implement an extensive (preventive) conservation and risk management programme for the area of Lower Sheikh ʿAbd el-Qurna, in order to protect the monuments in this area against flash flooding and to preserve them for future generations.

More photos and information: https://stichtingael.nl/News

Photo © Carina van den Hoven/Dutch archaeological expedition at the Theban necropolis

OPENING THE ANCIENT WORLD – The Save Ancient Studies Alliance’s 6th Annual Conference is themed “Fashion Forward: Interd...
12/07/2026

OPENING THE ANCIENT WORLD – The Save Ancient Studies Alliance’s 6th Annual Conference is themed “Fashion Forward: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Ancient Apparel”.

On 19 July, Bedouin Silver (NINO Visiting Research Fellow Sigrid van Roode) will present her research on “Ancient Jewellery, Modern Assumptions: Museum Afterlives of Adornment in the Near East”.

The conference is livestreamed; register for free attendance: https://www.saveancientstudies.org/event-details/6th-annual-conference-opening-the-ancient-world-fashion-forward-interdisciplinary-approaches-to-ancient-apparel-2026-07

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Leiden
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