Anna Dolganov
@grigorievna1812.bsky.social
Roman historian and papyrologist at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
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🌟 The @oeaw.bsky.social welcomes 46 newly elected members to its ranks. Among them is our colleague papyrologist Anna Dolganov who has been elected to the OeAW’s Young Academy. We offer our warmest congratulations! 👏
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Anna Dolganov has been elected to the Young Academy of the Austrian Academy of Sciences
The Austrian Academy of Sciences (OeAW) welcomes 46 newly elected members to its ranks. In this year’s elections, held in March, the OeAW decided to admit 29 female and 17 male researchers. Among…
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March 26, 2026 at 9:10 AM
🌟 The @oeaw.bsky.social welcomes 46 newly elected members to its ranks. Among them is our colleague papyrologist Anna Dolganov who has been elected to the OeAW’s Young Academy. We offer our warmest congratulations! 👏
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💥✨️ Collaborating with Mistral AI and Sail Reply our colleague Anna Dolganov is developing a custom AI Model for Ancient Greek. "Apollo" is the first LLM developed for a historical language evolving over many centuries!
#OpenDigitalResearchInfrastructure
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#OpenDigitalResearchInfrastructure
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Austrian Academy of Sciences is developing the Ancient Greek AI »Apollo« with Mistral AI and Reply
Austrian Archaeological Institute Develops Custom AI Model for Hundreds of Thousands of Ancient Papyri and Inscriptions ++ Faßmann: »AI and ancient languages are not a contradiction«
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March 19, 2026 at 9:10 AM
💥✨️ Collaborating with Mistral AI and Sail Reply our colleague Anna Dolganov is developing a custom AI Model for Ancient Greek. "Apollo" is the first LLM developed for a historical language evolving over many centuries!
#OpenDigitalResearchInfrastructure
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#OpenDigitalResearchInfrastructure
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It’s official. My project with @mistralai.bsky.social and @replyai.bsky.social at the @oeaw.bsky.social to develop LLMs for ancient languages, starting with Greek, has gone public. The AI system is complete, stay tuned for the published results!
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw...
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw...
Austrian Academy of Sciences is developing the Ancient Greek AI “Apollo” with Mistral AI and Reply
Austrian Archaeological Institute Develops Custom AI Model for Hundreds of Thousands of Ancient Papyri and Inscriptions ++ Faßmann: “AI and ancient languages are not a contradiction”
www.oeaw.ac.at
March 19, 2026 at 7:59 AM
It’s official. My project with @mistralai.bsky.social and @replyai.bsky.social at the @oeaw.bsky.social to develop LLMs for ancient languages, starting with Greek, has gone public. The AI system is complete, stay tuned for the published results!
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw...
www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/oeaw...
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Donald Trump will eine vergangene Ära der #Zölle aufleben lassen. Was Zölle historisch bewirkt haben, erklären ÖAW-Forscher:innen Anna Dolganov @oeai.bsky.social, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social und Katrin Keller @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/zoelle-...
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/zoelle-...
Zölle: Die Geschichte eines umstrittenen Instruments
US-Präsident Donald Trump will eine vergangene Ära der Zölle aufleben lassen. Aber: Was haben Zölle historisch bewirkt – und wem haben sie genützt?
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May 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Donald Trump will eine vergangene Ära der #Zölle aufleben lassen. Was Zölle historisch bewirkt haben, erklären ÖAW-Forscher:innen Anna Dolganov @oeai.bsky.social, Johannes Preiser-Kapeller @imafo-oeaw.bsky.social und Katrin Keller @ihb-oeaw.bsky.social ⤵️
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/zoelle-...
www.oeaw.ac.at/news/zoelle-...
You know you’ve done important work in Roman history if Stephen Colbert cracks up about it on the Late Show 🙃
April 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
You know you’ve done important work in Roman history if Stephen Colbert cracks up about it on the Late Show 🙃
Ever wonder what eye disease, opium and patchouli have to do with the Roman Empire? Read the next installment of the new papyrology blog, with a contribution by my colleague Fritz Mitthof 👏
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Opium, castoreum and patchouli: What an eye ointment reveals about ancient Rome
An ancient medical recipe illustrates the global trade networks and integrative dynamics of the Roman empire
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February 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ever wonder what eye disease, opium and patchouli have to do with the Roman Empire? Read the next installment of the new papyrology blog, with a contribution by my colleague Fritz Mitthof 👏
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Exciting advances in the "digital unrolling" of carbonized papyri, where the role of AI is intentionally limited to detecting ink traces. Their actual decipherment is reserved for human experts:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
February 7, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Exciting advances in the "digital unrolling" of carbonized papyri, where the role of AI is intentionally limited to detecting ink traces. Their actual decipherment is reserved for human experts:
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/about/media/...
Further coverage of true crime in the Roman Near East, this time in the German press
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Archäologiefund: Kriminalfall im antiken Nahen Osten
Lange blieb ein Papyrus aus einer Höhle am Toten Meer unbeachtet. Jetzt wurde er näher untersucht. Zum Vorschein kam ein antiker Gerichtsfall - es geht um Steuerhinterziehung, Urkundenfälschung und Sk...
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February 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Further coverage of true crime in the Roman Near East, this time in the German press
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
More on true crime, fiscal evasion and judicial torture in ancient Roman courts:
www.derpragmaticus.com/r/papyrus-st...
www.derpragmaticus.com/r/papyrus-st...
Papyrus als Zeuge: Recht im antiken Rom | Der Pragmaticus
Zur Not wurde gefoltert: Die Althistorikerin Anna Dolganov hat anhand eines Papyrus die Gerichtspraxis im antiken Rom entschlüsseln können.
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February 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
More on true crime, fiscal evasion and judicial torture in ancient Roman courts:
www.derpragmaticus.com/r/papyrus-st...
www.derpragmaticus.com/r/papyrus-st...
An extraordinary new papyrus from the Judaean Desert illustrates a criminal trial in the Roman Near East. See my newspaper article on this exciting discovery here (in English and German versions): www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Romans go home!
A sensational new papyrus from Israel documents fraud and sedition on the eve of a major Jewish revolt against Rome in the second century CE
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January 31, 2025 at 1:29 PM
An extraordinary new papyrus from the Judaean Desert illustrates a criminal trial in the Roman Near East. See my newspaper article on this exciting discovery here (in English and German versions): www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
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Einen antiken Kriminalfall rund um Steuerbetrug und Fälschung 📜 dokumentiert dieser Papyrus aus dem 2. Jahrhundert, der nun von Forscher:innen der ÖAW @oeai.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at und @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social erforscht wurde 🕵️ Mehr dazu ➡️ www.oeaw.ac.at/news/steuerb...
Antiker Papyrus dokumentiert Kriminalfall im römischen Nahen Osten
Ein Papyrus aus dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. liefert sensationelle Einblicke in Kriminalität und Gerichtswesen in den römischen Provinzen des Nahen Ostens. Forscher:innen der ÖAW, Universität Wien, Hebr...
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January 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Einen antiken Kriminalfall rund um Steuerbetrug und Fälschung 📜 dokumentiert dieser Papyrus aus dem 2. Jahrhundert, der nun von Forscher:innen der ÖAW @oeai.bsky.social, @univie.ac.at und @hebrewuniversity.bsky.social erforscht wurde 🕵️ Mehr dazu ➡️ www.oeaw.ac.at/news/steuerb...
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📜 New #papyrus from #Israel about a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire: A. Dolganov @oeai_oeaw and scholars from @univienna @HebrewU reveals how Rome dealt with financial crimes – specifically, tax fraud involving slaves – in the Roman Near East.
▶️ https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/media…
▶️ https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/media…
Forgery and fiscal fraud
A new papyrus from Israel reveals a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire
www.oeaw.ac.at
January 29, 2025 at 9:10 AM
📜 New #papyrus from #Israel about a spectacular criminal case from the Roman empire: A. Dolganov @oeai_oeaw and scholars from @univienna @HebrewU reveals how Rome dealt with financial crimes – specifically, tax fraud involving slaves – in the Roman Near East.
▶️ https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/media…
▶️ https://www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/media…
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Unehrlichkeit im Umgang mit Finanzbehörden ist kein ganz neues Phänomen 😉 Schon im Alten Rom versuchte man sich an Steuerbetrug. Das belegt ein nun erstmals untersuchter Papyrus aus dem Nahen Osten. @oeaw.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at www.oeaw.ac.at/news/steuerb...
Antiker Papyrus dokumentiert Kriminalfall im römischen Nahen Osten
Ein Papyrus aus dem 2. Jahrhundert n. Chr. liefert sensationelle Einblicke in Kriminalität und Gerichtswesen in den römischen Provinzen des Nahen Ostens. Forscher:innen der ÖAW, Universität Wien, Hebr...
www.oeaw.ac.at
January 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Unehrlichkeit im Umgang mit Finanzbehörden ist kein ganz neues Phänomen 😉 Schon im Alten Rom versuchte man sich an Steuerbetrug. Das belegt ein nun erstmals untersuchter Papyrus aus dem Nahen Osten. @oeaw.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at www.oeaw.ac.at/news/steuerb...
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🌟 Want to delve deeper into the world of papyri? Then visit the new @derstandard.at guest blog on papyrology by A. Dolganov. It will explore ancient texts found on papyri, clay or parchment offering insights into the everyday lives.
▶️ Published in German & English
https://www.derstandard.at/story…
▶️ Published in German & English
https://www.derstandard.at/story…
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
🌟 Want to delve deeper into the world of papyri? Then visit the new @derstandard.at guest blog on papyrology by A. Dolganov. It will explore ancient texts found on papyri, clay or parchment offering insights into the everyday lives.
▶️ Published in German & English
https://www.derstandard.at/story…
▶️ Published in German & English
https://www.derstandard.at/story…