In light of the current global situation, ongoing developments and individual states’ policies over the next few months, we regretfully have to inform you that the upcoming “Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2020” (planned to take place from June 29 through July 3, 2020) has to be cancelled. Despite the fact that we will […]
On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the Czech Egyptology, the Czech Institute of Egyptology, the Ministry of Antiquities and the Embassy of the Czech Republic have the pleasure to invite you to a seminar held in the Ministry of Antiquities, Ahmed Pasha Kamal Hall, 2 El-Adel Abu Bakr, on October 30, 2019 […]
Archaeological exploration in 2012 and 2017 brought to light evidence for a hitherto entirely unknown temple complex. It was discovered at the eastern edge of the Czech concession at Abusir, in an area that forms a natural transition between a terrace of the Nile and the floodplain. The complex of 32 × 51 m in […]
Archive of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Kamil Voděra The Royal Cemetery Archive of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Kamil Voděra The tomb complex Lepsius no. XXV Several photographs from the spring archaeological expedition 2003-2004, in the course of which we have concentrated on the exploration of the tomb complex Lepsius no. 25. […]
The tomb of priest Hetepi was excavated in the year 2000, and represents the oldest of the tombs hitherto discovered on the Czech archaeological concession. It dates to the beginning of the Fourth Dynasty (ca. 2600 B.C.) and is located only a few hundred meters to the north of the ancient Step Pyramid complex of […]
The mastaba of the official and priest Fetekti dates to the end of the Fifth Dynasty and belongs to the numerous ancient Egyptian tombs with a very sad fate. It was first excavated by the German Egyptologist Karl Richard Lepsius between 1842-1843, in the course of his survey of the pyramid fields at Abusir and […]
The exploration of this cemetery was initiated in 1991. After a thorough surface survey, probes were made at several places in the area of South Abusir, ca. 1 km to the south of the royal cemetery. Here there are several cemeteries of Old Kingdom officials. In some cases, the work has the character of a […]
Abusir, one of the large cemeteries of the Old Kingdom Kings, the famous pyramid builders, is located approximately 20 km to the south of Cairo, on the western bank of the Nile at the very edge of the desert. To the east, the site is delimited by the fertile Nile valley, which swarms with life, […]
1 History 1.1 Abusir in the 3rd millennium BC 2 Monuments 2.1 The Area of the Royal Pyramid Complexes 2.1.1 Pyramid “Lepsius no. XXIV“ 2.1.2 Mastaba of the King’s Son Nakhtkare 2.1.3 The Unfinished Pyramid of King Neferre 2.2 The Cemetery of Lower-ranking Officials at South Abusir 2.2.1 The Unfinished Story of Vizier Qar and […]
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. […]
