Dorota Dzierzbicka obtained her PhD in Archaeology from the Faculty of History at the University of Warsaw, Poland. Her research focuses mainly on the economy and society of Graeco-Roman Egypt, drawing on the methodologies of papyrology, archaeology and historical studies. She is also a field archaeologist working at Deir el-Naqlun with a mission from the University of Warsaw and at the NYU excavations in Amheida.
Her research project at ISAW, “Wine consumption in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Cultural transformation and economic change,” expands the scope of her doctoral dissertation, which focused on production and import of wine to Egypt. It investigates the changes in local patterns of wine consumption triggered by the presence of certain population groups (army, monastic communities, Hellenised administrative elite, etc.) and assesses their impact on the local wine market.