Babesch Annual Papers on Mediterranean Archaeology

27/04/2026

Last week, Naoíse Mac Sweeney delivered the 19th BABESCH Byvanck Lecture, at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

If you had to miss the lecture, you can now download the print version of the booklet via https://www.babesch.org/byvanck-lecture/the-nineteenth-byvanck-lecture/.

Enjoy!

The nineteenth Byvanck lecture Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026, at 19:30 CET (doors open at 19:00) at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Naoíse Mac Sweeney Greeks, Persians, and Cilicians: Empire and Identity in the Iron Age Relief carvings from the North Gate at Ka...

31/03/2026

Registration for the 19th BABESCH Byvanck lecture, organised annually, is open! 🤩

This year's edition is taking place on Wednesday, April 22nd 2026 at 7.30 p.m. (doors open at 7.00), as always in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden.

We are honoured to have Prof. Dr Naoíse Mac Sweeney (University of Vienna) give the lecture, entitled "Greeks, Persians, and Cilicians: Empire and Identity in the Iron Age".

Find the details and the registration link via the event's webpage https://www.babesch.org/byvanck-lecture/the-nineteenth-byvanck-lecture/ or go there via the Facebook event BABESCH Byvanck Lecture 2026 - Naoíse Mac Sweeney.

We hope to see many of you there!

The nineteenth Byvanck lecture Wednesday, April 22nd, 2026, at 19:30 CET (doors open at 19:00) at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands Prof. Dr. Naoíse Mac Sweeney Greeks, Persians, and Cilicians: Empire and Identity in the Iron Age Relief carvings from the North Gate at Ka...

26/05/2025

Last week, Elizabeth Marlowe delivered the 18th BABESCH Byvanck Lecture, at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did!

If you had to miss the lecture, you can now download the print version of the booklet via https://www.babesch.org/byvanck-lecture/the-eighteenth-byvanck-lecture/.

Enjoy!

06/05/2025

Reminder! Join us in two weeks, on Tuesday, May 20th at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden for the 18th BABESCH Byvanck lecture.
An added bonus: during the drinks, you can visit the museum's exhibitions.

This year we are very happy to welcome Prof. Dr Elizabeth Marlowe as our speaker. Anyone interested is very welcome to join. The event is free of charge, but please register via our website: https://www.babesch.org/byvanck-lecture/the-eighteenth-byvanck-lecture/

Details and the link to the webpage can also be found via the event page on Facebook: 18th Babesch Byvanck Lecture.

The eighteenth Byvanck lecture Tuesday, May 20th, 2025, at 19:30 CET (doors open at 19:00) at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe Normalizing Loot: A Case Study of a Plundered Imperial Shrine Imperial statue probably from Bubon, Turkey; Metropolitan Museum of Art,....

07/04/2025

The board of the BABESCH Foundation has the pleasure to invite you to the eighteenth annual BABESCH Byvanck Lecture by Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe:

‘Normalizing Loot: A Case Study of a Plundered Imperial Shrine’

The lecture will be held on Tuesday, May 20th 2025, 19:30 CET (doors open 19:00) in the Temple Hall of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, The Netherlands.

Admission is free but registration is required, before April 18, through our website:

The eighteenth Byvanck lecture Tuesday, May 20th, 2024, at 19:30 CET (doors open at 19:00) at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden Prof. Dr. Elizabeth Marlowe Normalizing Loot: A Case Study of a Plundered Imperial Shrine Imperial statue probably from Bubon, Turkey; Metropolitan Museum of Art,....

23/04/2024

The 17th BABESCH Byvanck evening has started! Congratulations to Dominika Walentyna Kaszubska (Scuola IMT Alti Studi, Lucca) - pictured here presenting the paper for which she was awarded the Byvanck Award 🥳
Now continuing with Prof. Dr Barbara Borg's lecture

15/04/2024

Reminder! Join us next week Tuesday (23rd of April) in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden for the 17th BABESCH Byvanck lecture. This year we are very happy to welcome Prof. Dr Barbara Borg as our speaker. Anyone interested is very welcome to join, please register via our website.

All details can be found on the webpage of the event: https://www.babesch.org/byvanck-lecture/the-seventeenth-byvanck-lecture/

or via the BABESCH Byvanck lecture 2024 - Barbara Borg - The true burial site of Peter and Paul?

The seventeenth Byvanck lecture Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024, at 19:30 CET at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden Prof. Dr Barbara E. Borg The true burial site of Peter and Paul? Christians and Jews on the Appian Way Despite the current catholic orthodoxy that the original burial sites of the ma...

26/03/2024

The board of the BABESCH Foundation has the pleasure to invite you to the seventeenth annual BABESCH Byvanck Lecture by prof. Barbara Borg:

‘The true burial site of Peter and Paul?
Christians and Jews on the Appian Way’

The lecture will be held on Tuesday April 23th 2023, 19:30 CET (doors open 19:00) in the Temple Hall of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden, The Netherlands.

Admission is free but registration is required, before April 18, through our website: www.babesch.org.

The seventeenth Byvanck lecture Tuesday, April 23rd, 2024, at 19:30 CET at the National Museum of Antiquities, Leiden Prof. Dr Barbara E. Borg The true burial site of Peter and Paul? Christians and Jews on the Appian Way Despite the current catholic orthodoxy that the original burial sites of the ma...

11/03/2024

📣 The editorial staff of the BABESCH Journal and the BABESCH Supplements have recently been renewed 👇🏽

🔹 New additions to the editorial staff of BABESCH are:
- Dr. Miko Flohr (Leiden University, deputy chief editor)
- Prof. Julian Richard (Université de Namûr)
- Dr. Dimitri van Limbergen (Ghent University)
- Dr. Elon Heijmans (University of Amsterdam)
Continuing members of the editorial staff are prof. Eric Moormann (chief editor), prof. Marijke Gnade, dr. Nathalie de Haan, dr. Geralda Jurriaans, dr. Paul Belien and drs. Beatrice de Fraiture (deputy chief editor).

🔹 As of 2024, the Babesch Supplements committee will consist of:
- Dr. Gert Jan van Wijngaarden (chair)
- Prof. Paolo Liverani (Università di Studi Firenze)
- Prof. Eric Moormann (Radboud University, Nijmegen; Liebig Giessen, Germany)
- Prof. Cathérine Saliou (Université Paris VIII)
- Prof. Monika Trümper (Freie Universität Berlin)
- Prof. Athina Tsingarida (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
- Prof. Kevin Walsh (University of York)
- Dr. Antonis Kotsonas (New York University)

📫 The Babesch editorial staff can be reached via [email protected] (journal) or [email protected] (supplements).

Journal BABESCH Annual Papers on Mediterranean Archaeology, formerly known as Bulletin Antieke Beschaving since 1926, is an international peer-reviewed A-journal. The aim is to provide a forum for archaeologists whose research and fieldwork focus on Mediterranean archeology in general. BABESCH publi...

20/05/2023

The Guillon Penning has been awarded to our wonderful BABESCH editorial secretary Beatrice de Fraiture. Our congratulations to Beatrice, and we are very grateful for all her efforts to support archeology in general and her activities for BABESCH in particular.

Photo taken at Limburgs Museum
News article: https://tinyurl.com/3p9568n6