Preliminary report on archaeological work in the tomb Djehutyemhat at Abusir in spring 2023 [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické StudieIn the spring season of 2023, another structure was excavated in the group of large shaft tombs situated in the western part of the Abusir necropolis and dating to late 26th or early 27th Dynasty.
Ladislav Bareš +4 more
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„Ptačí kůstka dutá“ – role Zbyňka Žáby při archeologickém výzkumu Ptahšepsesovy mastaby // “Avian hollow bonelet” – The role of Zbyněk Žába during the archaeological excavation in the mastaba of Ptahshepses [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 Professor Zbyněk Žába laid, through his scholarly and organizational activities at the end of the 1950s and during the 1960s, the foundations for today’s success of the Czech Egyptology.
Jaromír Krejčí
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An enigmatic graffito from the sun temple of Nyuserre and the meaning of the so-called “slaughterhouse” [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2016 For a long time the presence of a “slaughterhouse” in the sun temple of Nyuserre has been taken for granted as the result of the investigation conducted by Ludwig Borchardt in Abu Ghurab in 1898–1901.
Massimiliano Nuzzolo
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Borchardt’s cache as a source for Old Kingdom prosopography: First approach to unearthed non‑royal tombs in Abusir [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické StudieDuring the excavation of the mastaba of Vizier Ptahshepses at Abusir in 1968, Zbyněk Žába, the then director of the Czechoslovak mission, found almost two thousand relief fragments in one of the rooms of the spacious tomb.
Veronika Dulíková
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Tajemství Ptahšepsesovy rodiny // The Enigma of the Ptahshepses family [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 Vizier Ptashshepses, son-in-law of King Nyuserre, was one of the most influential officials of the second half of the Fifth Dynasty. His life and remarkable career are attested not only by his very important titles, but also by his imposing mastaba ...
Miroslav Verner
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, 2015 In January 2002, the Università degli Studi di Milano bought the extraordinary archives of Alexandre Varille (1909-1951). This extremely rich collection contains manuscripts relating to excavations, unpublished essays, notebooks, files on objects in ...
P. Piacentini
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Glossing the past: the Fifth Dynasty sun temples, Abu Ghurab and the satellite imagery [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 The sites of Abusir and Abu Ghurab, with their unique mingling of funerary and religious architecture, and the incredible heritage of written papyrus documents, represent a crucial area for the understanding of the historical, architectural and ...
Massimiliano Nuzzolo, Patrizia Zanfagna
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The mastaba of the chief physician, Nfr-Hr-PtH (AS 65) [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2017 During the fall season in 2016, the Czech Institute of Egyptology continued its field work at Abusir South. The western part of mastaba AS 65 belonging to the chief physician, Neferherptah (end of Fifth/beginning of Sixth Dynasty), was cleared and ...
Peter Jánosi
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The miraculous rise of the Fifth Dynasty – the story of Papyrus Westcar and historical evidence [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 The decline of the powerful Fourth Dynasty and the rise of a new royal line, the Fifth Dynasty, have for a long time been shrouded in mystery and have become the stuff of legends. These events are referred to in the tale of the miraculous rise of the
Miroslav Verner
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Tomb of the chief physician Shepseskafankh [PDF]
Pražské Egyptologické Studie, 2015 Mastaba AS 39 was discovered during the course of the 2013 season in Abusir South. It is located in the northeastern part of the cemetery of officials dated to the Fifth Dynasty, spanning the reigns of Nyuserre through Djedkare (2402–2322 BC ...
Miroslav Bárta
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