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Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Postdoctoral Fellow at CU FA, Dr Sue Kelly, Addresses Women’s Rights in the First Intermediate Period of Egypt

Under the supervision of Assoc. Prof. Hana Vymazalová from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA, Dr Sue Kelly is working on a project “The Impact of Political and Climate Change on Women’s Agency: A Social Power Analysis.” It aims to comprehensively analyze women’s lives, exploring their social, economic, and political agency.

Czech Egyptologists from CU FA Rediscovered the Tomb of Ptahshepses at Saqqara

Czech mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA working in the transitional zone between the pyramid fields of Abusir and Saqqara has made a rare discovery. During two archaeological seasons of 2022 and 2023 it located and thoroughly explored a lost tomb which belonged to a high official Ptahshepses living during the 25th and 24th centuries BC.

Prof. Miroslav Bárta Became a New Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Academy has named the Egyptologist and archaeologist from the Czech Institute of Egyptology at CU FA on 19 April 2023. He has become one of more than 40 International Honorary Members from 23 countries.