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.
Photography: Jan Brodský Karolinum, Ovocný trh, Praha 1 22th December 2009 – 14th February 2010 open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The exhibition is organized on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Cairo department of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Organized by: Český egyptologický ústav FF UK, Filozofická […]
Photographs from the restoration of two precious volumes, which was undertaken in cooperation with the National Library of the Czech Republic. Prodromus Coptus sive Ægyptiacus, Athanasius Kircher HIEROGLYPHICA, J. P. Valerianus
Professor Miroslav Verner was awarded the prize of the Minister of Education for science and research. On November 26, 2007, the prize was awarded by the Minister of Education Martin Bursík, and in the field of institutional support of science and research, professor Miroslav Verner of the Czech Institute of Egyptology was one two people […]
The research team of the Czech Institute of Egyptology received on the 23rd of June 2005 the Gratias Agit prize for the promotion of the Czech republic abroad. The prize is awarded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic.
