Lived Time in Late Antique Egypt
Lived Time in Late Antique Egypt is a research project developed by Sofie Remijsen and funded by the VIDI programme of the Dutch Research Council (NWO).
The project examines how time was used and experienced in daily life. Its overall aim is to explain how late-antique multicultural communities in Egypt managed to live together, and how the everyday practices of all men and women had a vital role in reshaping late antique society.
The latest developments of the project are presented below.
Marking the time: Festivals in Roman and Byzantine EgyptUniversity of Amsterdam, 8th of October 2026 This informal workshop explores the festive culture in Roman and Byzantine Egypt in order to gain a better understanding of the rituals, the social background and religious identity of the participants, the times at which festivities took place and the …
A few weeks ago, people from all over the world travelled to Spain, in order to see the total solar eclipse of 12 August 2026. During such an eclipse the moon completely obscures the view of the sun from part of the earth (the location from where it is visible follows a curved path). Here …
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“At half an hour from Howash [al-Hawwash, north of Apamea] we met with several fragments of shafts of columns, on the side of an ancient paved causeway. We followed this causeway for upwards of an hour, although in some places no remains of it were visible; at the distance of a quarter of an hour …
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