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 […]
The mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague has recently made an unexpected discovery at Abusir South that once again highlights the importance of this cemetery of the Old Kingdom officials. Work commenced in 2009 on a large mastaba termed AS 54, followed by several seasons of excavations. […]
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 […]
At the age of almost 62 years, reis Muhammad Abduh el-Kereti, generally known as reis Tallal, has died due to a severe illness. His name is inseparably connected with dozens of successful years of the Czech Egyptologists working in Egypt. He started to work with the then Czechoslovak archaeological mission at Abusir already as a […]
The pyramid necropolis at Abusir (EAR), which the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University has been excavating for almost 55 years, proved once again that it is one of the most important sites in Egypt. During this autumn, Czech Mission explored a tomb, which is part of a small cemetery 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 […]
The spring part of the archaeological season at Abusir was realized in accordance with the agreement of the Ministry of State for Antiquities. The expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts at the Charles University in Prague focused on several major tasks. During spring 2013, the expedition continued its work on the […]
