In the spring season of 2022, the archaeological mission of the Czech institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University discovered the burial of an ancient Egyptian dignitary named Wahibre-mery-Neith. The Abusir tomb can be most probably dated to late 26th Dynasty or early 27th Dynasty (early fifth century BC). The most important title held […]
Since more than three decades the Czech Institute of Egyptology has been exploring a cemetery dating to late Dynasty 26 or early Dynasty 27 (second half of the 6th century B.C.E.), In a group of large shaft tombs situated in the western part of the ancient Egyptian necropolis at Abusir a a unique embalming cache […]
Structure of the entry ID (former ID) Excavation: year/s of the excavation Description of the structure: concise description of the structure. Selected bibliography: List of structures AC 1 Excavation: German mission 1907–1908, Egyptian mission 2004, 2012, 2013 – up to now Description of the structure: Pyramid complex of Sahure, Fifth Dynasty; secondary structures […]
Structure of the entry ID (former ID) Excavation: year/s of the excavation Description of the structure: concise description of the structure. Selected bibliography: List of structures AS 1 (AA) Excavation: 1991 Description of the structure: Stone tomb of Kaaper, overseer of the army, early Fifth Dynasty. Selected bibliography: Fischer 1959; Bárta 2001: 143–191. […]
Structure of the entry ID (former ID) Excavation: year/s of the excavation Description of the structure: concise description of the structure. Selected bibliography: List of structures AW 1 (H, incorporating H 1) Excavation: including mummification deposit H 1, 1980–1993 (H 1 2003) Description of the structure: Tomb of Udjahorresnet, overseer of the foreign […]
On October 11, 1960, was completed the first Czech (then Czechoslovak) mission at Abusir. The Czech (former Czechoslovak) Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the beginning of archaeological works at the concession of Abusir in the Arab Republic of Egypt. The anniversary will be discussed in […]
In light of the current global situation, ongoing developments and individual states’ policies over the next few months, we regretfully have to inform you that the upcoming “Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2020” (planned to take place from June 29 through July 3, 2020) has to be cancelled. Despite the fact that we will […]
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 […]
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 […]
Archive of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Kamil Voděra The Royal Cemetery Archive of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Kamil Voděra The tomb complex Lepsius no. XXV Several photographs from the spring archaeological expedition 2003-2004, in the course of which we have concentrated on the exploration of the tomb complex Lepsius no. 25. […]
