Jaromír Málek

Jaromír Málek (5 October 1943 – 23 May 2023) was a Czech Egyptologist.[1]

Jaromír Málek
Born(1943-10-05)5 October 1943
Přibyslav, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died23 May 2023(2023-05-23) (aged 79)
United Kingdom
NationalityCzech
EducationCharles University
OccupationEgyptologist

Biography

Málek served as keeper of the Griffith Institute of Oxford University[2] and was an editor for Topographical Bibliography from 1968 to 2011. He also maintained seven volumes of Porter and Moss.[3] He published a catalog of four Egyptology rooms at the Ashmolean Museum and kept another catalog of hieroglyphic curses.

Málek was associated with the publication of the atlas Guide Bleu : Égypte by Madeleine Baud and wrote several journal articles for the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. He served as president of the International Association of Egyptologists for three years.[4][5]

Jaromir Málek died on 23 May 2023, at the age of 79, in the United Kingdom.[6][7]

Publications
  • The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings (1964)
  • Atlas de l'Égypte ancienne (1980)
  • Les égyptiens, à l'ombre des pyramides (1988)
  • A Meeting of the Old and New. Saqqâra during the New Kingdom (1992)
  • The cat in ancient Egypt (1993)
  • ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs (1994)
  • Egyptian Art (1999)
  • Égypte, 4000 ans d'art (2003)

References
  1. "Jaromír Málek: Jedině v rodné Přibyslavi mluvím se svými blízkými česky". Havlíčkobrodský deník (in Czech). 5 July 2007. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  2. "Nejúspěšnější výstava všech dob prezentovaná v České republice prodloužena do neděle 13. října". tut-vystava.cz (in Czech). Archived from the original on 5 May 2014.
  3. Porter, Bertha; Moss, Rosalind. Topographical Bibliography: The Theban Necropolis.
  4. Málek, Jaromir (30 May 2009). "Jaromír Málek - český egyptolog v Oxfordu". Radio Prague (in Czech). Retrieved 24 May 2023.
  5. Page Former Presidents and Secretaries General on the IAE website.
  6. "Dr. Jaromir Malek (1943-2023)". Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies. 24 May 2023.
  7. "V Británii zemřel egyptolog českého původu Jaromír Málek. Digitalizoval archiv Tutanchamona". Radio Prague (in Czech). 25 May 2023. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
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