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Modern echoes from the Egyptian sands
Professor Miroslav Bárta is the head of a Czech team of archaeologists
working at a long established site in Egypt. He recently got back from
Egypt and is seeking clearance to resume work there again in the face of
the uncertainty about the situation in country. In this week’s One on One
Professor Bárta describes the new theories about the collapse of the Old
Kingdom he has contributed to and his thoughts about the more recent demise
of the reign of president Hosni Mubarak. I asked him first of all when he
had begun to be interested in Egyptology. More
Czech team excavates ancient sites dedicated to Nubian gods
An archaeological expedition organised by the National Museum has made
remarkable finds in the area of Wad ban Naqa – ruins dating back to the
Kingdom of Meroe in today’s Sudan. The Náprstek Museum is currently
holding talks on the expedition’s progress after the first two seasons,
including research at a temple dedicated to Nubian lion gods. They have
also been studying a circular structure whose origins have remained a
mystery since it was first excavated in the 1950s.
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Transformed Prague suburb comes under the spotlight at Prague exhibition
A lesser known quarter of Prague, somewhat off the tourist beaten track is
under the spotlight at Prague’s main municipal museum. The area is Libeň
which was transformed from a downriver district of fields, farms and
vineyards by the industrial revolution and largely made over again from the
middle of the 20th century. More
Explosives experts unearth huge stash of WWII ammunition
A stretch of forestland in South Bohemia has been closed to the public
after a hunter stumbled across a stash of WWII ammunition there a week ago.
The original find of a single grenade led to the discovery of what is now
believed to be over 3 tons of ammunition buried underground. More
Real work starts now, says scientist after examining remains of 16th century astronomer Tycho Brahe
Danish and Czech researchers have just completed the first part of a
project that should throw more light on the death of the 16th century
astronomer Tycho Brahe. Legend has it the Dane died of a burst bladder,
though tests of his hair indicated possible mercury poisoning. The
scientists this week took fresh samples from Brahe’s remains, before
returning them to his tomb at the Týn Church in Prague. Just prior to the
reinterment, Radio Prague spoke to the head of the team, Jens Vellev. More
Archaeologists open Prague tomb of Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe
Danish and Czech archaeologists have been working to open the tomb of the
16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe, who spent the last years of his
life in Prague and is buried in a church in the city’s Old Town. The
experts plan to analyze his remains to see if they can throw more light on
his mysterious death. More
Ancient site yields signs of cooperation between Roman army and Germanic tribe
The Region of South Moravia is notably rich in archaeological sites, having
been home to Celtic, Germanic and other tribes before the coming of the
Slavs. One of the places that has been yielding more information about
those peoples is the area around Pasohlávky, on the Dyje River.
Archaeologists have spent years there studying the remains of a military
camp built by Roman invaders in what was then the domain of the Germanic
Marcomanni. This week, the scientific team working at the site announced
the discovery of a wealth of objects that cast more light on a shadowy
period. More
Science Journal
There’s a hole in the middle of Prague, and we want you to know what’s
in it. The early 1980s metro station at Národní třída is the scene of a
fascinating archaeological dig that we’ll be visiting in this month’s
Science Journal.
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Find proves main Czech pilgrimage site Velehrad was settled at time of Great Moravian Empire, say archaeologists
Archaeologists have just discovered what they say is the first evidence
that the Czech Republic’s most important pilgrimage site was inhabited
during the era of the Great Moravian Empire; pieces of ceramic material
found during a dig at Velehrad are being seen as proof that it was indeed
settled in the 9th century.
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Czech archaeologists uncover Stone Age tools in Arbil, Iraq
Czech archaeologists are best-known for their work in Egypt, spanning five
decades, but some specialists have begun making headlines for excavation
work in a different part of the world: Mesopotamia – the cradle of
ancient civilisation that is now present-day Iraq. Recently an eight-member
team headed by Karel Nováček of the University of West Bohemia, returned
from northern Iraq after having uncovered Stone Age tools that were used by
either our ancestors or our distant relatives (Homo neanderthalensis). The
tools date back some 150,000 years, to the Middle Palaeolithic, the oldest
find of its kind in the city of Arbil in Kurdistan.
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