Doctor of Philosophy in Classics/Doctor of Philosophy in Ancient History

Historians at Yale have been at the forefront of research into the ancient world for more than a century, and the wealth of resources for the study of ancient history in the university's libraries and museums reflects the richness of this tradition: a numismatic collection unparalleled among North American universities, an extensive collection of Greek, Demotic, Coptic and Arabic papyri housed in the world-renowned Beinecke Library, and diverse and extraordinary archaeological material from the excavations at the city of Dura Europos now on display in the Yale Art Gallery. Rooted firmly in this tradition of pioneering excellence, Yale's Combined Degree in Classics and History remains on the cutting edge of an exciting and rapidly changing field. The combined degree challenges students to push the boundaries intellectual and spatial of a discipline that is growing and changing in the face of new methodologies and groundbreaking analytical techniques. Yale's three ancient historians will help you explore questions spanning the Greek and Roman worlds from the Iberian Peninsula to the Ganges Delta and from the First Cataract of the Nile to the Baltic Sea, from Cicero to the Silk Road, and from the Archaic period through Late Antiquity.