Leiden Day Trip (9 Feb 08, Sat) (Part 4)

Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (National Museum of Antiquities) (Part 1)

Two thousand years ago, the lands of the Egyptians, the Greeks, the Etruscans, the Romans, part of the Near Eastern territories and The Netherlands belonged to one empire, the Roman Empire.

You will start your voyage of discovery through the National Museum of Antiquities here in this immense Roman Empire.

Egyptian antiquities are introduced first.

Sculptures

Bones

Stones from each place in Egypt

Pottery

Wooden boats

Stone carvings

Ancient Egyptian figures

Ancient chest or coffin

Hieroglyphs

What is Hieroglyph?

Stone blocks

Jewellery

Wooden sculpted Egyptian figures

Egyptians at work

Exhibits

Playing musical instruments

More stone carvings

Stone pillars

Egyptian figures

Small pyramid

Staring at you

A real mummy

How do you make a mummy?

What's inside?

Taking a closer look