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 […]
Archaeopress is an Oxford-based publisher of archaeological literature, and the monograph Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools by Martin Odler (Czech Institute of Egyptology) is due to come out soon as the fourteenth volume in its series Archaeopress Egyptology. It is the first book-length treatise about the Old Kingdom copper alloy tools and model tools in […]
The poster “Diachronic Changes of Ancient Egyptian and Nubian Metallurgy: Case study of material from the Egyptian Museum of Leipzig University“, whose main authors are Jiří Kmošek (University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague) and Martin Odler (Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague), received honorable mention in the Best Student […]
Dear readers, After more than a decade of its existence, we are pleased to launch the first issue of the English edition of Prague Egyptological Studies (XV/2015). The present issue is devoted to the excavations at Abusir, the principal field of research of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. The individual reports are dedicated to the […]
Der Beitrag jener, die zur akademischen Gemeinde der deutschen Universität Prag gehörten, im Rahmen der hiesigen Universitätsbildung ist im einzelnen noch immer nicht ausreichend gewürdigt worden. Um so mehr bietet sich jetzt die Gelegenheit, an Nathaniel Reich zu erinnern, jenen „akademischen Wanderer“ zwischen den europäischen (und schließlich auch amerikanischen) Universitäten, der 1913 in Prag als […]
On the 3rd of April, 2013, the Czech Institute of Egyptology received the Bedřich Hrozný Award for creative work for pursuing multidisciplinary work at the Czech concession in Egypt at Abusir and particularly for the discovery of a unique set of statues of high officials from the 5th Dynasty. The award was received by the […]
Czech Institute of Egyptology launched in January 2013 official Facebook page. The page will provide information about the activities of the Institute and its staff, new publications of the Institute and its members, photographs from the missions in Egypt and Sudan, and other Egyptology related information. The content of page is in Czech and English.
