AEGIS – is an archaeological research group based at the UCLouvain. It is part of the Centre for the Study of Ancient Worlds (CEMA), within the Institute of Civilizations, Arts and Letters (INCAL). It brings together around twenty scholars, including currently two postdoctoral fellows and seven doctoral students.

For more than two decades, AEGIS has brought together researchers from Belgium, Greece, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Australia, and the United States who are dedicated to the study of Minoan Crete and Aegean Protohistory. Our research explores the complexity of Bronze Age societies across the eastern Mediterranean (c. 3100–1100 BCE).