Jona Lendering
Jona Lendering read history at Leiden University (MA 1993), specialized in Mediterranean culture at the Amsterdam Free University (MA 1996), and worked at excavations in Holland (Riethoven) and Greece (Halos). After teaching historical theory and ancient history at the Free University for several years, he was one of the founders of a school for history teaching, Livius Onderwijs. Born in Amsterdam, it has now spread to auxiliary locations in Bussum, Dronten, Gouda, Haarlem, Hoorn, Schagen, Zaanstad, and Zoetermeer. As of 2013, Livius Onderwijs has eight teachers, about 500-600 students a year, and offers tours to countries like Italy, Turkey, Iran, and Lebanon. The field trips help to etch into the students' minds some of what they've learned at the school.
Because history is for a large part telling a story, something you do best in your own language, Lendering prefers to publish in Dutch journals. However, he has contributed to the Bryn Mawr Classical Review and Ancient Warfare, while he is the founder of Ancient History Magazine. He is also the publisher and editor of the on-line publication of the Babylonian Chronicles of the Hellenistic Period, a set of important cuneiform sources for the history of the Seleucid and Parthian Near East, transcribed, translated and commented on by Bert van der Spek of the Free University Amsterdam and Irving Finkel of the British Museum. A publication as book is in preparation.
Lendering has written several books and maintains a blog in Dutch. He is the author of several books, including Edge of Empire and Consensus and Crises. For the Livius website, which has received several awards, he collaborates closely with Bill Thayer of LacusCurtius. Lendering is also the webmaster of two daily blogs, the MainzerBeobachter.com and Grondslagen.net.
There are 9380 items in Jona Lendering:
Brohl, Altar, mentioning VI Victrix |
Bronze object mentioning LEG HISP IX, from Ewijk |
Brühl, Inscription of Pertinax (reconstruction) |
Cornelis de Bruijn
Cornelis de Bruijn (c.1652-1727) was a Dutch artist and traveler. He is best known for his drawings of the ruins of Persepolis, the first reliable pictures of these palaces to be accessible for western scholars. His other visits included the…Bruijn (10)
Persepolis Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller On 8 November 1704, Cornelis de Bruijn and VOCnote[Verenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie, the United East-Indian…Cornelis de Bruijn
The East Indies Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller On 25 October 1705, Cornelis de Bruijn, having regained his health, boarded…Cornelis de Bruijn
The return Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller Because in the eighteenth century, longitude was still impossible to measure, navigation was…Bruijn (13)
Final Years Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller During the next years, De Bruijn lived on several places in Holland. In…Cornelis de Bruijn
Italy Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller At that moment, Cornelis de Bruijn was no longer in The Hague. On 1…Bruijn (3)
The Aegean Sea Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller When De Bruijn arrived in the important port of trade Smyrna, in…Cornelis de Bruijn
Egypt Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller Not many Dutchmen had visited the eastern part of the Mediterranean; few of those…Cornelis de Bruijn
The Holy Land Cornelis de Bruijn, painting by Godfrey Kneller De Bruijn wanted to go to Jerusalem, which was, under normal circumstances,…