Projects
Creating identities in Graeco-Roman Egypt. KU Leuven
A Stomach for Wealth: Trade, Networks and Complexity in Ptolemaic Egypt KU Leuven
When Alexander the Great’s empire fell apart after his death in 323 BCE, one of his generals, Ptolemy, quickly claimed Egypt as his realm, and founded the successful Ptolemaic dynasty that ruled the country for 300 years. The dry Egyptian climate has preserved thousands of papyri containing detailed information on the inner workings of Ptolemaic society, including its rich economic life. Trade seems to have made up a good part of economic ...
The glass of Herculaneum: a true Roman glass production? KU Leuven
More than words: the materiality of legal and administrative documents in Roman and Late Antique Oxyrhynchos Ghent University
Egyptian names from the late pharaonic until the Roman Period. The evolution of onomastic types in a multilingual and multicultural en vironment. KU Leuven
The chaîne opératoire of ancient glass production: archaeometry and archaeology of Hellenistic and Roman natron glass. KU Leuven
Life and death of legionary soldiers in third-century Agypt. An interdisciplinary study of tomb monuments of Legio II Traiana Fortis. KU Leuven
Manichaean and Christian? A contested religious identity in the debate between the Manichaean Felix and Augustine of Hippo KU Leuven
The project encompasses an interdisciplinary study of the historical debate between Augustine, bishop of Hippo, and Felix, leader of a Manichaean community in the same city. The minutes of this debate have been preserved in Augustine’s Contra Felicem. Augustine challenges the Manichaean Felix to defend his claim to an authentic Christian identity. Manichaeism was an illicit religion in the Roman Empire since the end of the third century. The ...