Incorporating the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre and the Australian Centre for Egyptology 

The Ancient Cultures Research Centre (MQACRC) undertakes collaborative research on cross-cultural interaction in ancient cultures from Western Europe to China. It concentrates not only on the history of the societies concerned, but on the languages they used, and has a special focus on the close study of physical artefacts from antiquity. 

Amalgamating the members, research, and resources of the Australian Centre for Egyptology and the Ancient History Documentary Research Centre, and in collaboration with the Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies, the ACRC is currently undertaking research programs on a wide range of areas.

Research Projects

Research with in the ACRC

Over twenty research projects are being carried out in the ACRC across a wide range of themes: explore them here.

Forthcoming Events

The Australian Centre for Egyptology 2012 Annual Conference: The Town in Ancient Egypt

Saturday 11 August: With guest speakers De Ian Shaw, Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Liverpool, and Dr Cornelius von Director of the Swiss Institute of Architectural and Archaeological Research on Ancient Egypt, Cairo.

Conference: Ptolemy I Soter and the Transformation of Egypt 404-282 BC

This conference will be held on 28-30 September 2011 in the Museum of Ancient Cultures.

Bishops and Monasteries in Late Antique Egypt: Recent Research in Coptic Studies at Macquarie University

Wednesday 26 October 2011: Recent research by Coptic Studies scholars in the Department of Ancient History will be showcased in two 
illustrated presentations.