Czech Science Foundation finished the evaluation of the project proposals submitted in the year 2017. It will support also two new projects of the principal investigators based at the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Economic Complexity in the Ancient Near East. Management of Resources and Taxation in the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC (GA ČR […]
September 4th and 5th the Faculty of Arts hosted international workshop on topic of patron-client relations. Even though the majority of the participants were Egyptologists, the lectures on subjects concerning Ancient Near East (Lena Fijalkowská, Jana Mynářová), Ancient Rome (Bertrand Augier), late Antiquity (Fabrizio Oppedisano) or Celtic world (Marco Martin) represent important contributions to the […]
PRAGUE 25–28 JUNE 2018 We are pleased to announce that the call for papers and posters for CRE 2018 is now open! The abstracts should be submitted by 3 December 2017 to cre2018prague@gmail.com and they should not be longer than 1000 characters (spaces included). Presentations should last max. 20 minutes + 5 minutes discussion, […]
It has been eight years now since the expedition directed by the Czech Institute of Egyptology commenced its comprehensive archaeological and palaeoenvironmental research at Jebel Sabaloka near the Sixth Nile Cataract in central Sudan. The remains preserved in this area fall within the Mesolithic (ninth–sixth millennia BC), Neolithic (fifth–fourth millennia BC), and Late Meroitic through […]
The XI. Tempeltagung takes place in Prague this week, from Wednesday, 24th May until Saturday, 27th May. It is organized by the Czech Institute of Egyptology. The conference would like to break through the boundaries separating temple from tomb and focus on the many different types of interaction that existed between these two crucial expressions of […]
Dear colleagues, The Czech Institute of Egyptology has the pleasure of inviting MA and PhD students registered at the Cairo University to apply for a 3-month-scholarship at the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (Prague, Czech Republic). During their stay the students will have the opportunity to study in the library of the Institute, and consult their projects with […]
The Dean of the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague hereby announces recruitment for an opening at the Czech Institute of Egyptology Job title: Photographer Place of work: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University in Prague Role description: Science and Field Documentation Specialist Part-time position: 0.5 FTE (20 hours/week) Requirements: successfully completed qualification […]
Prague, 4–5 September 2017 The study of patronage is a very important multi-layered issue closely related to the study of socio-economic and political structures of any community. An essential prerequisite of any type of study are relevant sources. Patronage is a relationship considered to be related to informal networks. This fact, as well as, […]
Dear readers, After last year’s first English edition of Prague Egyptological Studies, we are delighted to present the second issue of our journal. This periodical concentrates on studies in the history, archaeology, architecture, religion, language and art of the Third Millennium BC Egypt, with the hope of becoming one of the key scholarly journals for […]
For humanities, the easiest and most accessible way to present the results of their research is currently the Internet. The Internet is the most effective way to engage the general public in research progress, open research questions and present results of research. Moreover, scholars and interested laymen can be informed about recent publications and excavation work, such as […]
