The discovery of the beautifully decorated tomb of the Fifth Dynasty dignitary Khuwy was selected by the Archaeology Magazine as one of the top 10 archaeological discoveries in 2019. The Archaeology Magazine is a publication of the Archaeological Institute of America and constitutes one of the leading “general interest” magazines in the field of Archaeology. […]
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Czech Egyptology, the Czech Institute of Egyptology, the Ministry of Antiquities and the Embassy of the Czech Republic have the pleasure to invite you to a seminar held in the Ministry of Antiquities, Ahmed Pasha Kamal Hall, 2 El-Adel Abu Bakr, on October 30, 2019 […]
In between August 27 and 30, the Czech Institute of Egyptology hosted the 7th Ptolemaic Summer School. At this biennial international gathering, scholars working on Ptolemaic inscriptions in temples (Edfu, Esna, Dendara, Kom Ombo, Philae etc) and tombs as well as on artefacts, such as stelae and offering tables, meet to discuss problematic text passages from […]
In between August 22 and 25, the Czech Institute of Egyptology hosted a small international workshop, focusing on how individuals as well as priestly communities adapt to ongoing political-ideological as well as socio-economic changes and reshape its identity/-ies, during two distinct periods of ancient Egyptian history: the Amarna age, and the Ptolemaic and Roman […]
The new trade mark will be awarded to products and technologies that are up to the challenge of the extreme conditions of the Czech archaeological concession in Abusir in Egypt and expeditions in Sudan. Generators, cameras, air-conditioning equipment, as well as textiles, clothing and footwear. These are just some of the array of products and […]
Karolinum, Prague, 2nd August – 8th September 2019 This year a century will pass since the first lectures in Egyptology, which associate professor František Lexa held at the Charles University in the summer semester of 1919. Czech Egyptology has made giant strides forward since then, and the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of […]
The third, final, workshop discussing recent research on the sun cult in ancient Egypt “Solar cult and royal ideology in Ancient Egypt: old evidences, new discoveries, latest approaches” will be organized by the GAČR project “The Rise and Development of the Solar Cult and Architecture in 3rd Mill. BC” on June, 25th-26th, 2019 in the […]
Current Research in Egyptology 2018 is a collection of papers and posters presented at the nineteenth symposium of the prestigious international student conference held at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague on 25th–28th June 2018. The Prague conference was attended by more than 100 participants from various countries and institutions. The range of topics […]
The Egyptian archeological expedition under the direction of Dr. Mohamed Megahed at south Saqqara succeeded in finding a unique tomb of the dignitary Khuwy who lived at the end of the 5th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom. The tomb was found during the excavation and documentation activities of the area. The tomb consists of a […]
Potomac Institute for Policy Studies (Arlington VA) has published a report Punctuated Equilibria Paradigm and Security in the Modern World, together with the Embassy of the Czech Republic in the United States of America, Charles University and Czech Armed Forces. The full report is freely downloadable on this link. Among the contributors is Prof. Miroslav Bárta, […]
On 20-24 January, there was an interpreting workshop at a Tanzanian university on which participated a PhD student of the Institute of Translation Studies at CUFA, Elizaveta Getta, and a lecturer from the Department of Foreign Languages and Linguistics, University of Dar es Salaam. Apart from the internationalization of Charles University in Africa, the stay, […]
Scholarships of Anglo-Czech Educational Fund (ACEF) allows PhD students and young researchers from CUFA to spend part of their study at prestigious universities in Great Britain. This exceptional support helps to connect young researchers in the area of humanities with world-class departments. Applicants may enrol in a competitive examination until 3 March 2020. The aim […]
Faculty of Art, Charles University, is a leading research centre of the Romani language. Specialists from the Department of Central European Studies and Department of Linguistics contributed to a prominent international team of authors „The Palgrave Handbook of Romani Language and Linguistics“ published by a prestigious publishing house Palgrave Macmillan. Five out of seventeen chapters […]
In compliance with the Decision of the Hygiene Office of the City of Prague the management of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, accepts emergency measures for the risk of an epidemic. The decision prohibits the students and staff of CUFA to attend lectures and seminars and denies entry to study rooms and libraries for […]
Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship Job title: Assistant Professor Field and specialization: new media and education, digital humanities, information science Expected salary/job rank: AP2 level Full-time position: 1,0 (40 hours per week) Job description: Teaching in the required specialization – primarily MA degree Supervision of students’ theses and projects Research and publishing in the […]
One World is an annual festival of documentary movies focused on human rights and is looking for volunteers that would be willing to help with the festival organization in Prague and elsewhere. In Prague, the festival will take place from 5 to 14 March 2020. Join, watch and learn!
Charles University Innovations Prague s.r.o. is a subsidiary company of Charles University established to put knowledge with technology into practice. On 24 November 2020, the company founded its first spin-off called Charles Games. They will develop and sell computer games such as Attentat 1942 and Svoboda 1945. The first mentioned is an award-winning game which […]
American Jesuit university Boston College invites an eminent foreign theologian to be part of their academic community each year. The theologian’s task is to present to students and the general public the biggest theological challenges of their continent of origin. This year, the Boston’s Duffy Chair in Global Christianity will be occupied by Prof. Tomáš Halík from […]
TEMA+ European Territories – Heritage and Development is a two-year (120 ECTS) bilingual (in English and French) joint master’s degree with a possibility to get a prestigious scholarship Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD). At the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, the programme is conducted by the Department of General History. The application deadline is 23 February […]
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Czech Egyptology, the Czech Institute of Egyptology, the Ministry of Antiquities and the Embassy of the Czech Republic have the pleasure to invite you to a seminar held in the Ministry of Antiquities, Ahmed Pasha Kamal Hall, 2 El-Adel Abu Bakr, on October 30, 2019 […]
The new trade mark will be awarded to products and technologies that are up to the challenge of the extreme conditions of the Czech archaeological concession in Abusir in Egypt and expeditions in Sudan. Generators, cameras, air-conditioning equipment, as well as textiles, clothing and footwear. These are just some of the array of products and […]
The Czech Institute of Egyptology (prior to 1993, the Czechoslovak Institute of Egyptology) celebrates its 60th anniversary in the year 2018. The beginnings of its activities in the field are closely tied to the UNESCO campaigns organised in the early 1960s in order to save monuments of ancient Nubia in connection with the construction of […]
After two weeks of work at its archaeological concession on the Abusir pyramid field, the current expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University discovered a unique burial complex of the royal confidant and priest Kaires. The tomb is located in the heart of the pyramid field […]
This year, Czech Egyptology celebrates sixty years since the foundation of the Czech (former Czechoslovak) Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague. The institute was founded in Prague on 1 October 1958 based on a decision of the government of the Czechoslovak Republic. Professor František Lexa, a member of the Czechoslovak Academy of […]
A metal vessel deposited in a tomb at the Egyptian site Abusir 5,000 years ago was made of a material that was used concurrently in distant Anatolia (present-day Turkey). The article “Invisible connections. Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Egyptian metalwork in the Egyptian Museum of Leipzig University” published in the Journal of Archaeological Science shows […]
The Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University under the leadership of Prof. Miroslav Bárta has been developing long-term research into the dynamics of the development of complex societies based on the study of the anatomy of the internal dynamics of ancient Egyptian civilization. Since 2006, one of the fundamental […]
Archaeological exploration in 2012 and 2017 brought to light evidence for a hitherto entirely unknown temple complex. It was discovered at the eastern edge of the Czech concession at Abusir, in an area that forms a natural transition between a terrace of the Nile and the floodplain. The complex of 32 × 51 m in […]
The mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague has recently made an unexpected discovery at Abusir South that once again highlights the importance of this cemetery of the Old Kingdom officials. Work commenced in 2009 on a large mastaba termed AS 54, followed by several seasons of excavations. […]
At the age of almost 62 years, reis Muhammad Abduh el-Kereti, generally known as reis Tallal, has died due to a severe illness. His name is inseparably connected with dozens of successful years of the Czech Egyptologists working in Egypt. He started to work with the then Czechoslovak archaeological mission at Abusir already as a […]
