Czech Institute of Egyptology is pleased to invite you to a lecture of Olaf Kaper (Leiden University): Recent Excavations in the Temple of Isis at Berenike. The lecture will take place on 17 April at 11:00 in Room 505, Celetná 20. Abstract: Lecture Olaf Kaper
Online Lecture: Solange Ashby, Sacred Dancers of the Goddess Hathor, will be held on 13. 1. 2026 via Zoom The link for registration is here: https://cesnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/UKHPvj3WRzmgXa_MwGFTaQ Abstract here: OLS Abstract SA
Conference: Egyptology & Zoology. Animal Behaviour and its Reflection in Ancient Egyptian Culture Faculty of Arts, Charles University, Prague, September 23–24, 2025 On September 23 and 24, 2025, the Czech Institute of Egyptology organises a two-day international workshop focused on how the physiology and behaviour of animals (ethology) found a reflection in ancient Egyptian mythology, […]
The online lecture by Marcelo Campagno, Patronage as a Logic of Social Organization in Ancient Egypt, will be held on 30 July 2025 at 14:00. Link for the registration is here: https://cesnet.zoom.us/meeting/register/qs0Q3ePRTw2J_JS5KhIOrw The abstract for the lecture is here: OLS Abstract MC
The second day of the seminar: Collapse of the Old Kingdom as a multidisciplinary problem will be live-streamed here: https://www.youtube.com/live/9D5ywTJuSVI
The seminar “Collapse of the Old Kingdom as a Multidisciplinary Problem” will be livestreamed on YouTube.The link to the livestream is here: https://www.youtube.com/live/a5eoyOK3RAA The updated programme is available here: Prague Yale conference, timetable
Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2025 History and Archaeology of the Ancient Memphite Necropoleis Charles University, Prague, June 23–27, 2025 From June 23 to 27, 2025, the Czech Institute of Egyptology organizes the sixth Abusir and Saqqara international conference at the premises of Charles University, Prague. The five-day conference focuses on primary research covering […]
We invite you to an online lecture titled: On wr.t-xnr and Hm.t-nTr. Can We Speak of Parallel Careers for the High Priest and His Wife?, presented by Dana Bělohoubková on May 23, 2025, at 10:00 AM CET. Registration for Zoom here. Promotion here. Abstract here.
Collapse of the Old Kingdom as a multidisciplinary problem Prague, 2.7 – 3.7. 2025 We kindly invite you to attend a seminar organised by the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, and Yale University. The seminar’s subject is the 4.2 ka BP collapse of the Egyptian Old Kingdom. We aim to analyze this problem […]
The book by Hana Vymazalová, Abusir XXXI. Builders and Priests of the Pharaohs: Selected Aspects of the Administration and Economy of the Old-Kingdom Pyramid Complexes, is being released. Annotation: This volume delves into the pyramid complexes of Egyptian pharaohs, examining them in the broader context of the Old Kingdom state, royal ideology, society, and beliefs. […]
