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- **Event Name**: Daan Smets - Milling from the Middle Kingdom through the Graeco-Roman Period
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 12 Feb, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: The Grind Goes On: The Flourishing Business of Milling from the Middle Kingdom through the Graeco-Roman Period

Since the emergence of sedentary agricultural society in Egypt and the wider Near East, grain milling has been one of the main economic activities in both household and the economy at large. After an early emergence and taking up a key role in Egyptian society, this process has seen both continuity and change over time.

The combination of papyrological, literary, epigraphic, and archaeological evidence helps to form a more complete picture of this very fascinating and indispensable cornerstone of everyday life. Based on information from these sources, this lecture covers how this process evolved between the Middle Kingdom and the Greco-Roman period in Egypt, with a focus on grinding techniques, mill types and components, and the types of flour used. Special attention is paid to the production and consumption contexts of flour, particularly flour-making outside of the Nile Valley during the Graeco-Roman period.
 
Daan Smets is a PhD student at the Ancient History Department at the Faculty of Arts, KU Leuven. His doctoral research focuses on  the cultivation, production, processing, conservation, and consumption of various foodstuffs in Egypt, with a focus on cereal products such as flour, bread, and beer. His primary sources are documentary papyri, archaeological evidence and classical literature, and he uses relevant iconographic and epigraphic material from the Pharaonic period. His research is part of the international and interdisciplinary AGROS project “Agriculture, diet and nutrition in Greco-Roman Egypt: Reassessing ancient sustenance, food processing and (mal)nutrition”, bringing together various disciplines, including archaeology, archaeobotany, biochemistry, veterinary medicine, and Egyptology.
 
This lecture is also available via Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84246092658
Meeting ID: 842 4609 2658
Passcode: 222462

! attention !
The lecture starts at 6 pm. We work on a first-come, first-served basis as the number of seats is limited. We open our doors at 5:30 and close them at 6:15 or earlier when the lecture room reaches its full capacity.
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## Event venue details

- **city**: Cairo
- **state**: QH
- **country**: Egypt
- **location**: NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
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- **full address**: NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt

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- **organizer**: NVIC - Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (https://allevents.in/org/nvic-netherlands-flemish-institute-in-cairo/241786)

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