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The paper deals with Ptahshepses who built his vast and impressive mastaba in the vicinity of king Nyuserre’s pyramid. The subject has been studied through the prism of Old Kingdom society and in comparison with his contemporaries. Recently discovered fragments of Ptahshepses’ granite false door in the archive of the Czech institute of Egyptology are also included.
The article provides an overview of the history of the Valley of the Kings following its abandonment as a royal necropolis at the end of the New Kingdom and the dismant ling and caching of the royal mummies in the Twenty-First Dynasty and early Twenty-Second Dynasty. The valley was subsequently used for non-royal burials of individuals of lower rank throughout the Third Interme - diate Period. After...
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, the largest and once the best decorated non-royal tomb in the Abusir cemetery. However, his origin, and also his family life seem to be shrouded in mystery...
Zbyněk Žába’s (1917–1971) anniversary reminds us of several decades of history of Czechoslovak Egyptology which was tied very closely to individual scholarly biographies and only relatively recently obtained an institutional history. Aspects of the life of Žába, who was sometimes viewed as a controversial figure, are set against the backdrop of coeval events. The contribution highlights some paradoxes...
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. In addition to extensive archaeological rescue operations in Lower Nubia, he intensely devoted his attention to the archaeological excavation of the mastaba of vizier Ptahshepses built in the central part of the Abusir...
Zbyněk Žába largely contributed to the popularization of history and culture of ancient Egypt in Czechoslovakia through his frequent cooperation with the National Museum. He helped to organize a number of exhibitions. He determined and published several objects from the museum’s collections in catalogues, as well as scholarly and popular journals. The National Museum also received a share of finds...
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