Projects
Fighting Crime and Corruption. The Impact of Police Forces and Army on Village Life in Graeco-Roman Egypt. KU Leuven
Because I am Greek: Polyonymy and the Expression of Ethnicity in Ptolemaic Egypt KU Leuven
Lexicon of Greek Personal Names- Lower Egypt and the Fayum. KU Leuven
This project will create an authoritative collection of Greek personal name evidence from Egypt, unlocking the potential contained in such names for innovative research into every aspect of ancient life in Greco-Roman Egypt. It forms part of the Lexicon of Greek Personal Names (LGPN) project which covers the period from the earliest historical records (8th c. BC) to the early Byzantine period (7th c. AD). LGPN is not just about names but ...
Sabbatical Katelijn Vandorpe: Burdened by taxes? Fiscal centralization and government control in Hellenistic Egypt. KU Leuven
The extraordinary documentation of Hellenistic Egypt (thousands of papyri and potsherds including tax receipts and lists) informs us in detail about the complex fiscal system of the Nile country, which is known for its many taxes and its bureaucracy. However, the synthesis studies and many detailed studies on the tax system are very outdated. Moreover, many researchers assume that because of the high number of taxes, the tax burden was high, ...
Inspired by the Gods: Theophoric Names in Late Period and Graeco-Roman Egypt KU Leuven
The reason for the focus on personal names is twofold. ...
Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt. Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition. Vrije Universiteit Brussel
paradigms of ancient diet and nutrition. It has long been held that one-sided and low-quality diets, largely
comprised of foodstuffs with high levels of anti-nutrients and poor in micronutrients, resulted in chronic
malnutrition. Recently, these views have been challenged on the grounds of being anachronistic since the
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Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt. Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition. KU Leuven
The AGROS project challenges the main assumptions underlying the current historical and archaeological
paradigms of ancient diet and nutrition. It has long been held that one-sided and low-quality diets, largely
comprised of foodstuffs with high levels of anti-nutrients and poor in micronutrients, resulted in chronic
malnutrition. Recently, these views have been challenged on the grounds of being anachronistic since the ...
An interdisciplinary database of proper names in late pharaonic, Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt (ca. 800BC - AD640). KU Leuven
Everyday Writing in Graeco-Roman and Late Antique Egypt (I - VIII AD). A Socio-Semiotic Study of Communicative Variation Ghent University
Non-literary, ‘documentary’ texts from Ancient Egypt have provided and continue to provide a key witness for our knowledge of the administration, education, economy, etc. of the Ancient world. This project argues that since documentary texts represent originals, their external characteristics should also be brought into the interpretation. The project’s driving hypothesis is that ‘communicative variation’ – variation that is functionally ...