Martin Odler is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague. He specializes in the social context of crafts in Ancient Egypt, especially metallurgy of copper and bronze. The PhD thesis had a title “The social context of copper in Ancient Egypt down to the end of Middle Kingdom” and was supervised by Professor Miroslav Bárta.
Martin Odler is taking part in the missions of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Abusir since 2009 and in Sudan since 2011, working mostly as a field archaeologist and a surveyor.
He is a member of the board of trustees of Slovak Egyptological foundation Aigyptos and participating in its project at Tell el-Retaba in Egypt (joint Polish-Slovak mission, lead by Professor Sławomir Rzepka from the Warsaw University and Jozef Hudec from Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava).
Martin Odler has studied also Early Mediaeval Archaeology and Classical Archaeology. His theses and articles dealt with Early Mediaeval settlements located in present-day area of Slovak Republic. He also took part in the survey project of the Institute of Classical Archaeology in southern Uzbekistan.
2012–2020 PhD. study of Egyptology at the Charles University in Prague (thesis The social context of copper in Ancient Egypt down to the end of Middle Kingdom, supervised by Prof. M. Bárta) 2006–2012 master studies in Egyptology and Classical Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (M.A. thesis Copper Implements in Egypt during the 3rd Millenium, mentor prof. M. Bárta) 2008–2010 master studies in Prehistorical and Early Medieval Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (M.A. thesis The Case Study of Early Mediaeval Settlement during the Period of Avar Khaganate in South-western Slovakia, mentor doc. J. Zábojník) 2004–2008 bachelor studies in Prehistorical and Early Medieval Archaeology in the Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague (bachelor thesis The Case Study of Early Medieval Settlement in North-western Slovakia, mentor prof. J. Klápště)
Kmošek, J. – Odler, M. et al., Archaeometallurgical study of copper alloy tools and model tools from the Old Kingdom necropolis at Giza. In M. Odler, Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools, pp. 238–248. Archaeopress Egyptology 14. Archaeopress: Oxford 2016. PDF of the paper for download.
Odler, Martin – Dupej, Ján 2016: Morphometrical and statistical case study of Old Kingdom adze blades. In M. Odler, Old Kingdom Copper Tools and Model Tools, pp. 248–260. Archaeopress Egyptology 14. Archaeopress: Oxford 2016. PDF of the paper for download.
Odler, Martin 2015: Copper Model Tools in Old Kingdom Female Burials. In: M. S. Pinarello; J. Yoo; J. Lundock; C. Walsh (eds). Current Research in Egyptology 2014: Proceedings of the Fifteenth Annual Symposium, Oxford: Oxbow Books, 39–58. PDF of the paper for download.
Odler, Martin 2015: Adzes in the Early Dynastic Period and the Old Kingdom. In K. Rosińska-Balik, A. Ochał-Czarnowicz, M. Czarnowicz, and J. Dębowska-Ludwin (eds), Copper and trade in the South-Eastern Mediterranean: trade routes of the Near East in antiquity. BAR international series. Archaeopress, Oxford, 85–109. PDF of the paper for download.
Odler, Martin, A Travelogue of the Slovak Poet Rudolf Fabry “Salam Alekum: Stories from Old and New Egypt (1958)”, in: A. Jůnová Macková, L. Storchová, L. Jůn (eds.), Egypt and Austria X. Visualizing the Orient: Central Europe and the Near East in the 19th and 20th Centuries, 45 – 60. AMU – FAMU: Prague 2016.
Hudáková, Ľ. – Odler, M. The Travelogue of the First Slovak Cleric in Egypt – Ján Roháček (1910), in: Ľ. Hudáková – J. Hudec (eds.), Egypt and Austria IX, Perception of the Orient in Central Europe (1800–1918), Proceedings of the Symposium held at Betliar, Slovakia (October 21st to 24th, 2013), 114 – 137. Nadácia Aigyptos: Kraków, 2016.
Posters
Kmošek, Jiří – Odler, Martin –Jamborová, Tereza – Msallamová, Šárka – Šálková, Kateřina – Kmoníčková, Martina 2016: “Diachronic changes of ancient Egyptian and Nubian metallurgy – Case study of material from the Egyptian Museum of Leipzig University”. PDF of the poster for download.
Odler, Martin – Peterková Hlouchová, Marie 2017: „“May you receive that favourite harpoon of yours…” Old Kingdom spears/harpoons and their contexts of use“, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 46, pp.191–222.
Kmošek, Jiří – Odler, Martin 2016:, Neueste Analysen der altägyptischen Metallartefakte aus der Ägyptisches Museum – Georg Steindorff – der Universität Leipzig, aMUN 2016 (Herbst), pp. 31–34. PDF of the paper for download.
Odler, M. – Kmošek, J. a kol., Staroegyptské měděné a bronzové artefakty v Egyptském muzeu Lipské univerzity. Průběžná zpráva o projektu, Pražské egyptologické studie XVI, 2016, 37–46. PDF of the paper for download.
Varadzinová Suková, L. – Sůvová, Z. – Cílek, V. – Odler, M. – Pokorný, P. – Varadzin, L. 2015: Diskovité korálky ze skořápek pštrosích vajec z mezolitického sídliště Sfinga (SKB.W-60) v pohoří Sabaloka (centrální Súdán), Pražské egyptologické studie XIV, s. 66-71.
Dulíková, V. – Odler, M. – Březinová, H. – Havelková, P. 2015: A burial with a stamp seal depicting a Bes-like figure from Abusir, Prague Egyptological Studies XV, pp. 69-75.
Krejčí, J. – Arias Kytnarová, K. – Odler, M. 2015: Archaeological excavation of the mastaba of Queen Khentkaus III (tomb AC 30) in Abusir, Prague Egyptological Studies XV, pp.28-42.
Kmošek, J. – Jamborová, T. – Msallamová, Š. – Odler, M. 2015: Raná metalurgie mědi ve starověkém Egyptě Případová studie na materiálu z Ägyptisches Museum der Universität Leipzig, poster prezentovaný na Konferenci restaurátorů-konzervátorů v Plzni 2015
Odler, M. – Kmošek, J. 2015: Aktuelle Forschungen: Eine Kooperation Prag – Leipzig, postery prezentované na výstavě Gegossene Götter v Ägyptisches Museum – Georg Steindorff – der Universität Leipzig, 11. 12. 2015 – 29. 5. 2015
Odler, M. – Kmošek, J. 2014: Bronzové fragmenty z Usli (Sudán), Pražské egyptologické studie XIII, s. 56–60.
