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September 2025

Since the new academic year has only just started and Teiresias still has set up their education committee for this year, the study association is offering fewer activities this month. However, to make up for this we have gathered a bunch of fun activities you can do this month at the National Museum of Antiquity in Leiden and at Archeon at Alphen aan den Rijn! We hope there’s something you like among them!

Activities and events

2 September 17:15 – 18:15 : General Members’ Assembly. On 2 September Teiresias will hold their General Members’ Assembly again! During this Assembly Teiresias’ new board for 2025-2026 will be appointed and the Association’s plans for 2025-2026 will be presented. The GMA will be followed by the Start-of-the-Year drinks at Café de Stadgenoot (Breedstraat 8, 3512 TW Utrecht).

2 September 18:30 onwards: Start-of-the-Year drinks. To celebrate the new academic year, Teiresias is organising Start-of-the-Year drinks after their General Members’ Assembly. The drinks will take place from 18:30 onwards at Café de Stadsgenoot (Breedstraat 8, 3512 TW Utrecht). We hope to see you there!

12 September 17:30 onwards: Monthly drinks September. Teiresias will hold their monthly drinks from 17:30 onwards at Café de Stadsgenoot (Breedstraat 8, 3512 TW Utrecht) as usual. Feel free to join!

Activities and events outside of Teiresias

2 September 19:30 – 22: 00: Archeolinguïstiek voor beginners (“Archaeolinguistics for beginners”; lecture at Archeon). Potsherds and Proto-languages, archaeolinguistics for beginners. The language of our ancestors. For more information, see: https://www.archeon.nl/agenda/lezing-archeolinguistiek-voor-beginners.html (note: the page and the lecture are in Dutch).

4 September 19:00 – 13:00: Echoes of the Nile (festival at the National Museum of Antiquities). A night of music, a workshop, guided tours, and talks, where you will feel the pull of ancient Egypt and Nubia. For more information, see: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/echoes-of-the-nile/ (note: the page is only in Dutch).

Until the 7th of September: Above Ground (temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities). An overview of the most remarkable and high-profile discoveries in 25 years of Dutch archaeology (2000-2025), featuring special finds from all over the country, from Maastricht to Texel. For more information, see: https://www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/above-ground/.

11 September 19:30 – 20:30: Etruskische askisten (RoMeO-lecture at the National Museum of Antiquities). Suzan van de Velde, RMO-conservator of the Classical collection, is giving a lecture about the museum’s collection of beautifully decorated cinerary urns. For more information and to sign up, see: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/etruskische-askisten/ (note: the page and the lecture are in Dutch).

15 September 19:30 – ca. 20:30: De archeologie van de baai van Napels (“The archaeology of the bay of Naples”; online lecture by the National Museum of Antiquities). In this online lecture, Ruurd Halbertsma explores the archaeology of Paestum and Pompeii, two ancient cities in southern Italy. For more information and to sign up, see: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/de-archeologie-van-de-baai-van-napels/ (note: the page and the lecture are in Dutch).

15-20 September 17:00 – 18:00: Week van het Oude Schrift (“Week of the Old Script”; series of lectures at the National Museum of Antiquities). Experts houden lezingen over allerlei soorten Afrikaans schrift uit de oudheid, van Berber en Arabisch tot het Fidäl-schrift uit Ethiopië. 

  • 15 September 17:00 – 18:00: Arabisch in vermomming (“Arabic in disguise”). Petra Sijpesteijn (professor of Arabic, Leiden University) is holding a lecture on scripts and languages in ‘Arabic’ Africa.
  • 16 September 17:00 – 18:00: Fidal, het schrift van Ethiopië (“Fidal, the script of Ethiopia”). Martin Baasten (teacher at the Leiden University Institute for Area Studies) talks about how the Ethiopic Fidäl-script came into existence and how this language functions.
  • 17 September 17:00 – 18:00: Aramees in Zuid-Egypte (“Aramaic in southern Egypte”). Ruwan van der Iest (teacher of Koinè and New Testament Greek) talks about Aramaic papyri of the island of Elephantine.
  • 18 September 17:00 – 18:00: Van Grieks tot Koptisch (“From Greek to Coptic”). Joanne Stolk (university teacher of Greek papyrology) talks about the development of the Greek script in Egypt.
  • 19 September 17:00 – 18:00: Spijkerschrift uit Egypte (“Cuneiform writing from Egypt”). Jacob de Ridder (researcher at Leipzig University) talks about the Egyptian cuneiform-archive from Amarna.
  • 20 September 17:00 – 18:00: Tifinagh, het schrift van de Imazighen (“Tifinagh, the script of the Imazighen”). Maarten Kossmann (professor in Berber Studies) talks about Tifinagh, one of the oldest scripts of Africa.

For more information and to sign up, see: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/week-van-het-oude-schrift-2025/ (note: the page and lectures are in Dutch).

20 September: Excursie 2000 jaar Albaniana + Bezoek Archeon (“Excursion 2000 years Albaniana + Visit to Archeon”; a city walk + museum visit organised by Archeon). Join us on a historic discovery tour through the Roman past of Alphen aan den Rijn! During this unique walk you will experience 2000 years of Albaniana’s history, including a visit to museum park Archeon. For more information, see: https://www.archeon.nl/nl/agenda/excursie-2000-jaar-albaniana-bezoek-archeon_3.html (note: the page is only in Dutch).

27 and 28 September: Middeleeuws weekend (“Medieval weekend”; a two-day event at Archeon). A weekend full of entertainment, information, and medieval coziness. Visit the medieval town of Gravendam and its various craftsmen: the baker, the shoemaker, the basket weaver, the fisher, the tinsmith, and more. For more information see: https://www.archeon.nl/nl/agenda/middeleeuws-weekend_3.html (note: the page is only in Dutch).

29 September 19:30 – ca. 20:30: De archeologie van Jordanië (“The archaeology of Jordan”; online lecture by the National Museum of Antiquities). In this online lecture, Lucas Petit takes you back thousands of years in time, to the Bronze Age of the Jordan Valley and the Wadi Araba. For more information and to sign up, see: https://www.rmo.nl/uw-bezoek/activiteiten/de-archeologie-van-jordanie/ (note: the page and the lecture are in Dutch).

Until late September: Dreaming of Egypt (temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities). A small selection of Egyptian-inspired objects from the collection of Egyptologist Jean-Marcel Humbert. From a tobacco jar and a Wedgwood canopic jar to an Aida poster and an Arcade video game. For more information, see: https://www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/dreaming-of-egypt/.

Until June 2026: Pewter (temporary exhibition at the National Museum of Antiquities). A large selection of almost seven hundred pewter objects from the private collection of Henk van Wijk. His extensive collection is the result of dozens of years of passionate collecting. For more information, see: https://www.rmo.nl/en/exhibitions/temporary-exhibitions/pewter/.