The premises and library of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, are entirely closed from May until late September 2021, due to the reconstruction of the faculty building on Celetná 20. The institute’s secretary can be reached at (00420) 221 619 611, while the institute’s staff can be contacted only via […]
Dear friends and colleagues, we would like to invite you to a new series of virtual talks to be presented by Cinzia Pappi entitled “Living at the Margins of Assyria”. The series is organised by the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University and the Department of History, Palacký University Olomouc and you can find both […]
Prague Egyptological Studies (PES) is a bi-annual double-blind peer-reviewed English journal published by the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University, in Prague. The journal accepts archaeological reports as well as original studies on any aspect of ancient Egyptian and Nubian material culture, religion, language and history, or the history of Egyptology and […]
Finds from the Czech archaeological campaigns in Abusir together with numerous other artefacts of unprecedented historical and artistic value have finally arrived in Prague following months of preparations. The precious objects came to Prague from Egypt, Germany and various locations in the Czech Republic under high security conditions following months of negotiations. Starting on August […]
It is with our deepest sorrow that we announce that today, on the 24th of June, our dear colleague, Professor Břetislav Vachala, passed away. He was not only a great scholar of ancient Egypt, its language, literature and heritage, but above all a marvellous man and a good friend to us all, who was always […]
The year 2019 was important for the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. It celebrated the 100th anniversary of the beginning of Egyptological lectures in Czech language at the Czech part of the university in Prague. In addition, six decades from the establishment of the Cairo department of the Czech (former Czechoslovak) […]
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 […]
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 […]
