Private Associations and the Public Sphere: Proceedings of a Symposium held at the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, 9-11 September 2010 (Scientia Danica, Series H. Humanistica) (Vol. 9)

History

Ancient Civilizations

Nord Academic

The vast collections of Egyptian objects on display in Western museums attract millions of visitors every year, and they reinforce a cultural fascination for this ancient civilisation that has been a feature of European intellectual history since Roman times. This book tells the story of how these objects came to be here. The book presents the first in-depth analysis of this market during its golden age in Egypt in the late 19th and early 20th Century. It is primarily based on the archival material of the Danish Egyptologist H. O. Lange (1863-1943) who, during two prolonged stays in Egypt (1899/1900 and 1929/1930), bought objects on behalf of Danish museums. The travel diaries, and the accompanying photographs, are complemented by a wide range of other sources, including contemporary travel guides and various travel memoirs, which together paint an extraordinarily detailed picture of the extensive antiquities trade. The book looks at the laws governing trade and export, both in theory and practice, and the changes over time. The practicalities of the trade are described: its seasons, the networks of supply, the various methods available for acquiring antiquities, and the subsequent routes of transmission of objects, as well as the different types of dealers operating in Egypt. The geographical distribution of dealers is mapped, and the role of the Egyptian state as a dealer is investigated, both through official sale rooms, and as a seller and exporter of more or less complete tomb-chapels. The final part of the book contains a list, with short biographies, of over 250 dealers active in Egypt from the 1880s until the abolishment of the trade in 1983. Most of them are described here in detail for the first time. The book will be of interest to archaeologists, Egyptologists, papyrologists, museum curators, and historians of science, and is a useful starting point for anyone wishing to understand how the great Western collections of Egyptian antiquities were formed.

The Antiquities Trade in Egypt 1880-1930: The H.O. Lange Papers (Scientia Danica, Series H. Humanistica) (Vol. 8)

Ryholt, Kim

Hagen, Fredrik

Julius Thomsen (1826-1909) was a prominent Danish chemist who acquired fame for his systematic and meticulous measurements of the thermal effects associated with chemical processes. For this work he received numerous honors, among them the Davy Medal from the Royal Society. Apart from his position as one of the founders of classical thermodynamics he is also has a place in the history of chemical technology due to his invention of a method of producing soda from the Greenlandic mineral cryolite. The invention resulted in a major industrial enterprise of great importance to Danish economy. Keenly interested in the electrical sciences Thomsen constructed a new type of battery which for a while attracted international attention. Last but not least, he made significant contributions to the understanding of the periodic system in terms of the hypothesis of composite atoms - and he ended his career by questioning if argon was really a chemical element.

Julius Thomsen: A Life in Chemistry and Beyond (Scientia Danica, Series M. Mathematica et physica) (Vol. 2)

Biographies & Memoirs

KRAGH, HELGE

Professionals & Academics

Structuralism As One - Structuralism As Many: Studies in Structuralisms

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

This comprehensive two-volume beautifully illustrated book reveals the richness of the seaweed flora of Danish waters. Covering the 373 seaweed species recorded from Danish waters, including 165 red, 125 brown and 83 green algae, the flora reflects the region's habitats such as the distinctive stonereefs with mobile gravel and sand, coupled with the particular environmental conditions including a range of salinity gradients.

Seaweeds of Denmark: 1, Red algae (Rhodophyta) & Seaweeds of Denmark 2, Brown algae (Phaeophyceae) and Green algae (Chlorophyta)

Science & Math

Nielsen, Ruth

Brodie, Juliet

Lundsteen, Steffen

Biological Sciences

The Cuneiform Texts from the Danish Excavations of ?am? in Syria (1931-1938): Letters, Administrative Documents, Scholarly Texts, Inscriptions, and Seals

Literature & Fiction

Arbøll, Troels P.

The Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters

Classics

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