Research in the unit Greek Studies is not limited to antiquity but focuses on the study of Greek language and the analysis and edition of Greek literary texts through the centuries. Key research domains are the historiography of linguistics, literary and paraliterary papyri, Byzantine and Early Christian studies and comparative Indo-European linguistics. Some research activities guarantee the continuity of these domains, for example the study ...
The VUB Centre for the Study of Greek and Latin documents is active in the fields of papyrology, epigraphy and numismatics. It aims at promoting the study of Greek and Latin papyri and ostraca (pot-shards with text written on them), Greek and Latin inscriptions and ancient coins. Its expertise in these matters is widely recognised. Thus the Centre has been and is still involved in major national and international archaeological projects, ...
The research unit Ancient History studies the Greco-Roman World from 800 B.C. until 650 A.D., mainly based in written sources.
HISTORY OF PTOLEMAIC AND ROMAN EGYPT: - Study of the political, institutional, social and economic history of Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt. - Edition and study of texts on papyrus. - Prosopographia Ptolemaica: elaboration of a computerized database of all known persons from Ptolemaic Egypt. - Historical topography ...