Quote Originally Posted by Gaius Scribonius Curio View Post
On the subject of Belgium, this is quite scary. My supervisor (I'm studying a Masters by research in Melbourne) got his PhD from Ghent. He has encouraged my girlfriend (another of his students) and I to apply for a scholarship that would take one of us to Brussels, and told her specifically to consider applying to Leuven...

Belgium: the unexpected capital of ancient historical research...

it is also the capital of Doom! (I'm sure one guy knows who I refer to)

it is also the land of Tintin, Alix, and a variety of other cartoons and comics from my childhood. It is only natural it should also have ancient history as a good place of study.