Netherlands
There are 512 items in Netherlands:
The Western Scheldt near Vlissingen |
The Western Scheldt near Vlissingen |
The Woerden Elagabal Inscription
Woerden Elagabal Inscription: dedication to the Syrian sun god Elagabal, remarkable because it is quite old and was found outside Syria.Elagabal was a Syrian sun god, who was worshipped with rituals that are strongly reminiscent of the Babylonian Akitu festival.…
Tiel, Runic inscription |
Today's folklore
Sinterklaas arrives in Amsterdam; note that there is no Christian cross on his mitre, but Amsterdam's weapon Returning to the Dutch…Tolsum writing tablet
Tolsum Writing-Tablet or Tabula Tolsummiana: oldest written text from the Netherlands. Tolsum, writing tablet (front) In 1914, laborers digging in the "terp"…
Tolsum, writing tablet (back) |
Tolsum, writing tablet (front) |
Traiectum (Utrecht)
Traiectum: name of a Roman fort in Germania Inferior, modern Utrecht. The "treasure of the Domplein" (or what remains of it,…Traiectum ad Mosam (Maastricht)
Traiectum ad Mosam was a middle-sized village near the place where the main road between Tongeren, the capital of the Tungri, and Cologne, the capital of the Ubians and Germania Inferior, crossed the Meuse. In the fourth century, the town,…
Treasure of Roman coins (Decius, Carinus, Herennia, Heliogabalus, Probus, Gordian III) |
Utrecht De Meern, Crown of Cybele and two lions |