About the lecture
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Ancient Egyptian tombs are unique sources of information about the people of the Nile. Inscriptions on tomb and sarcophagus walls reveal occupations, offices, family ties and social status in the age of the pyramid builders. The most valuable often occur on false doors in tomb chapels, understood as gateways through which the deceased's spirit passed from the next world to receive prepared food and drink. Skeletal remains are another valuable source, though their evidential potential is often overlooked. The lecture explores what comprehensive study of inscriptions and human remains can reveal about this advanced and still somewhat mysterious civilisation.
Veronika Dulíková is a researcher at the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University. Since 2010, she has regularly participated in excavations on the Czech concession at Abusir. She focuses on society, material culture and administration in the age of the pyramid builders, the Old Kingdom, approximately 2700–2100 BCE. Working with mathematicians, she uses complex network analysis to explore how Egyptian society functioned.
The lecture took place online and is available to watch.
Lecture date and time: 11. 12. 2024 at 17:30 – 19:00
The lecture series was supported using public funds by the Slovak Arts Council.
