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. […]
We invite you to an online lecture titled: The Overlooked Nubian Women of the First Intermediate Period, presented by W. Ejsmond on January 15, 2025, at 10:00 AM CET. Registration here. Abstract here.
The Czech Institute of Egyptology is pleased to invite you to the lecture by Hannah Vogel – An Overview of Disability in Ancient Egypt: Where we are and work to follow. The lecture will take place on October 31, 10:50-12:25, in room C221. Abstract: Disability is a complex and multifaceted experience. Human bodily variation, which […]
The Czech Institute of Egyptology is pleased to invite you to the lecture by Prof. Eric H. Cline 1177 BC After 1177 BCE: The Survival of Civilizations The lecture will take place on July 15, 16:00–18:00 in The Green Lecture Hall, Celetná 20. In the years after 1177 BCE, many of the Late Bronze Age […]
On Friday, November 11, 2022, the exhibition The Charm of Discovery: From Hieroglyphs to Tutankhamun will open to the visitors of the Charles University’s Karolinum. The exhibition, which was prepared by the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts of the Charles University, commemorates two significant anniversaries that Egyptology is celebrating in 2022. […]
The Czech Institute of Egyptology (CIE) organises in collaboration with the International Committee for Egyptian and Sudan Archaeological Museums and Collections (CIPEG) of the International Council of Museums (ICOM) a half day symposium to present to an international group of curators of Egyptological museum collections an overview and update on recent research and excavations of the […]
On June 16 and 17, the Czech Institute of Egyptology organised a two-day international workshop dedicated to aspects of tradition and innovation in ancient Egypt. The workshop specifically focussed on the confrontation between (local) customs and novel concepts that functioned as a catalyst for important social and religious developments, leading to various processes of modification […]
It is with great sorrow that we announce the passing of our dear Egyptian colleague Ramadan Badry Hussein (1971-2022), who was not only an excellent and talented Egyptologist, but first and foremost our very good friend. Dr. Hussein studied at the Cairo University in Egypt and subsequently worked at the Supreme Council of Antiquities of […]
On Tuesday September 7th, the photographic exhibition Le parcours de l‘Egyptologie tchèque – The path of Czech Egyptology was inaugurated in Paris. Its ten panels illustrate the interdisciplinary work of Czech (and Czechoslovak) Egyptology in both natural and social sciences. The photographic panels are fixed to the fence of the Embassy of the Czech Republic […]
In between August 24 and 26, the Czech Institute of Egyptology hosted an international workshop dedicated to aspects of continuity, discontinuity and change in ancient Egypt, with a focus on how individuals as well as priestly communities adapt to ongoing political-ideological as well as socio-economic changes and reshape their identity (as expressed in the material […]
