1st Visegrad Group Egyptology Symposium in Cairo
05.04.2016 / 15:15
The first Visegrad Group Egyptology Symposium was held by the Czech chair of the Visegrad Group on the evening of Tuesday, April 12th at the Czech Embassy in Cairo. The symposium was organized in cooperation with the Balassi Intitute and the Hungarian, Polish, and Slovak embassies.
The program was made up of four presentations and was attended by 60 guests. The presenters were Professor Miroslav Bárta, the Director of the Czech Institute of Egyptology in Prague and in Cairo of Charles University, Dr. Jozef Hudec, from the Institute of Orientalism at the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Gabriela Dembitz, from the French National Center for Scientific Research, Paul Valéry University, Montpellier. The Egyptian Arab Republic’s Ministry of Antiquities’ support for the symposium was demonstrated by the presence of the head of pharaonic sector, Mr. Mahmoud Afify.
Symposium program:
18.30 opening
18.40 Miroslav Bárta (Czech Republic):
“Swimmers in the sand: on the possible origins of the Ancient Egyptian Civilization”
19.10 Gabriella Dembitz, (Hungary):
“The building activity of Pinudjem I at Thebes”
19.45 Artur Obluski, (Poland):
“Forgotten kingdoms, Polish research on medieval Nubia”
20.15 Jozef Hudec, (Slovakia):
“Wadi Tumilat and excavations in Tell el-Retaba”
![Ambassador Kuchynova Smigolova and Charles University Vice-Rector Martin Kovar as opening the Symposium](/public/9b/84/44/1873095_1487387_aDSC_2245.jpg)
Ambassador Kuchynova Smigolova and Charles University Vice-Rector Martin Kovar as opening the Symposium
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