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One on OnePetr Justa - restorer working on projects from New Orleans to Mosul
In today's One on One my guest is Czech restorer and lecturer at the
University of Pardubice Petr Justa involved in important historic
conservation projects in both the Czech Republic and abroad. Recently Petr
Justa returned from New Orleans, where he and fellow specialists worked to
assess the level of damage to that city's most famous cemetery. In the
interview he discusses how that project developed and what he and fellow
specialists found. Petr Justa - One on One.
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Current AffairsCzech Egyptologists report on rewarding work in the Land of the Pharaohs
Czech archaeologists have an impressive reputation around the world,
working in many different countries. This week they all came together in
Prague to swap notes, report on progress made and outline prospects for
the future.
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ArtsHusband & wife team airs new documentary on Peru, mysterious Incan stones
Vladimir Simek and Kamila Broulova-Simkova are a well-known husband &
wife team that has been making TV documentaries in different parts of the
world - from Baikal, Russia, to South America, for years. Their films air
as part of the "Ceske stopy" documentary series that follows in
the footsteps of famous Czech adventurers or explorers from the past. More
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This week in Mailbox: we take a look back at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games;
we announce the winner of our February listeners' competition and a new
question for March. We quote from letters sent by: Eve Houtzer, Roger
Chambers, Mary Lou Krenek, USA; Teodor Shepertycki, Canada; Mohammad
Shamim, India, Henrik Klemetz, Sweden, Angelia Beranek, Australia.
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Current AffairsTrove of Teutonic weapons uncovered in Krusne Hory region
It's not unusual in this country to come across weapons caches dating back
to the Second World War. But, finding a pile of javelin tips, parts of
shields and a
sword dating back to the 2nd century A.D., doesn't happen every day. More
PanoramaUnearthing Prague's hidden treasures
The Czech construction boom of the nineties was an exciting time to be
alive for people whose business it is to make sense of the past. There
have been more large-scale archaeological digs in Prague over the past
decade than ever before in the city's history. Archaeologists have
unearthed evidence of a far larger and wealthier early medieval city than
historians had long believed. More
Czech ScienceCzech archaeologists excavate Ancient Greek town flattened by Bohemian Celts
For twelve years, Czech archaeologists have been helping their Bulgarian
colleagues in the excavations of an Ancient Greek market town in central
Bulgaria. The twelve years of work has yielded valuable results, including
a hoard of coins, and discovered a surprising connection between the
ancient town and the Czech Lands. More
Current Affairs"Persian goddess" leaves Czech archaeologists red-faced
Czech archaeologists are keeping a very low profile this week after it
emerged that a find which they claimed to be the statuette of a Persian
Goddess dating back to the fifth century was nothing but a five year old
fake allegedly created by teenagers for fun.
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Current AffairsStatuette of ancient Persian fertility goddess uncovered near Prague
2005 seems to be a remarkably lucky year for Czech archaeologists. After
several discoveries in Prague, including the original burial chamber of
Emperor Charles IV, and a thousand-year-old bronze hoard of treasure
uncovered two weeks ago in the town of Mlada Boleslav, archaeologists have
unearthed another precious artefact just outside Prague. It is a small
statue believed to depict the ancient Persian fertility goddess Anahita.
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