A unique herbarium of common plants of the Egyptian Western Desert can be found    here.

Between the 21st and 24th March 2009, a conference entitled “Lower Nubia: Revisiting Memories of the Past, Envisaging Perspectives for the Future” was held at the Nubia Museum in Aswan. The conference was organised by the UNESCO Cairo Office, in cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture (Supreme Council of Antiquities and Office for the […]

Announcing a one day symposium to celebrate Fifty Years of the Egyptian-Czech Collaboration in Archaeology. In conjunction with the symposium, there will be an exhibition in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. The exhibition celebrates the 50th anniversary of the foundation of the Czech (formerly Czechoslovak) Institute of Egyptology. All objects on display are from the Czech […]

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

The story of the exploration of the mysterious tomb of priest Neferinpu, who lived in ancient Egypt in the 24th century BC has been unfolding already for two years and its end is still nowhere within our sight. The tomb was discovered in the spring of 2006, and in the same season, the chapel which […]

At the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, the members of the institute are, together with the heads of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, preparing several events in the Czech Republic as well as in Egypt to commemorate this anniversary. The first of four exhibitions was […]

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 tomb of the official Menekhibnekau is the third structure of its kind explored in the group of large shaft tombs from mid 1st century BC in the southwestern part of the ancient Egyptian cemetery at Abusir. The tomb lies about 40 m to the southeast of the tomb complex of priest Iufaa, whose intact […]

In November of this year, the third expedition of the Czech Institute of Egyptology to the Western Desert took place. The expedition works in the hitherto only little explored area of the perishing El Hayez oasis, located about 50 km to the south of Bahriya. The main results this year include the discovery of a […]

In accordance with the research programme of the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University, the first stage of excavations at Abusir planned for the archaeological season 2005-2006 took place in September and October of this year. Its aim was above all the verification of several hypotheses relating to the development […]