The study of ancient Egypt from the Predynastic to Early Islamic period is a central part of the ACRC's research program, with strong foci on the Pharaonic period (from predynastic to New Kingdom), Graeco-Roman Egypt, and Early Christianity and Coptic monasticism. ACRC researchers lead excavations at 11 sites in Egypt, ranging from Predynastic tombs and temples, though Old and New Kingdom tombs, to Coptic monasteries. Research projects address aspects of material culture, art history, cultural change, and languages in Pharaonic, Hellenistic and Roman, and Late Antique / Early Islamic Egypt.

Fieldwork

ACRC teams are carrying out recording, excavation, or surveys at Beni Hassan; Helwan; Meir; Sohag; Tehna; Thebes; Abou Rawash; Wadi Araba; and Ganub Qasr al-'Aguz.

Art, Culture, and History of Pharaonic Egypt

• The Ancient Egyptians' Atypical Relationship with Invertebrates
• The Design and Decoration of Burial Chambers in Old Kingdom Egypt
• Sustaining Meir: Tracing Egypt's Cultural Transition from the Old to the Middle Kingdom

Language, Script, and History in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt

• Bilingualism and the Greek Language in Hellenistic Egypt: Evidence from the Zenon Archive
• Idiolect and Social Dialect in the Zenon Archive
• Language, Literacy, and Acculturation in Early Ptolemaic Egypt Ptolemy I Soter: Egypt in a Phase of Change
• Scribal Practice in Duplicate Documents on Papyrus from Graeco-Roman Egypt
• Words from the Sand: A Lexical Analysis of Early Greek Papyri from Egypt

Early Christianity and Coptic Monasticism

• Communication Networks in Upper Egyptian Monastic Communities
• Monastic remains from Late Antiquity in the Upper Nile and Desert Regions of Egypt 
• Papyri from the Rise of Christianity in Egypt 
• Religious Authority and Linguistic Change in Late Antique Egypt: Non-Elite Perspectives on the Rise of Monasticism in Contemporary Documents