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Ancient Egypt and Its Legacy | Fulbright Series

01.12.2011
American Center, Tržiště 13, Praha 1 – Malá Strana
Fee: Free

About the Event

This time, we invited prof. Miroslav Bárta of the Czech Institute of Egyptology of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University and Ing. Martin Dvořák who specializes at restoring historical monuments.

Program will be in Czech.

Miroslav Bárta graduated in Egyptology and Prehistoric and Early Historic Archaeology at Charles University in Prague. Ph.D. studies in Prague and Hamburg. In 2002 habilitation in Egyptology and since 2009 professor of Egyptology. Main fields of research: archeology and history of the third and sekond millenia B.C., landscape archeology in antiquity, rise and fall of complex societies, interdisciplinary research, archaeological background of the Old Testament. Since 1991 excavating in Egypt, 2003-2008 research of the Western Desert, since 2009 working also in Sudan. In 2002 led the first detailed satelite mapping of the pyramid fields of Abusir, Saqqara and Dahshur. 2003-2004 teaching at UPenn, Philadelphia, PA.


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