PhDr. Břetislav Vachala, CSc.

bretislav.vachala@ff.cuni.cz

   Director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology. Since 1976  an active member of the Czech Institute of Egyptology  taking part in its archaeological and epigraphic expeditions to Abusir, since 1992 acting as a deputy field director. Dr. Vachala specialises above all in Egyptian philology, literature and history.  His particular interest is the translation and publication of the ancient Egyptian literary works. He lectures in Egyptology at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University, and contributes extensively to scientific and popular publications and journals. Dr. Vachala is a member of several international organisations (Egyptology, Nubian Studies, Geography).    

Selected bibliography

 - a  Bareš,L., Verner,M., Ilustrovaná encyklopedie starého Egypta, Praha 1997;

- Nejstarší literární texty v nekrálovských hrobkách egyptské Staré říše. Brno 2000;

- Staří Egypťané, Praha 2001;

- ‘Literarische Texte aus der Mastaba des Ptahschepses in Abusir’, in: Studies in Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Memorial Volume of Karel Petráček, Zemánek, P. (ed.), Praha 1996, 581-587;

- a Faltings, D., ‘Töpferei und Brauerei im AR - einige Relieffragmente aus der Mastaba des Ptahschepses  in Abusir’, MDAIK 51, 1995, 281-286;

- a Ondráš,Fr., ‘An Arabic inscription on the pyramid of Neferefra’, in: M. Bárta-J. Krejčí (ed.), Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2000, Archiv Orientální, Supplementa IX, 73-76

- a Balík,M., ‘The scientific restitution of the Ptahshepses mastaba atAbusir - an ideal reconstruction’, in: M. Bárta-J. Krejčí (ed.), Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2000, Archiv Orientální, Supplementa IX, Praha, 2000,  317-330