Jaromír Málek

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

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

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 [fr].[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.