Jaromír Málek
Czech Egyptologist (1943–2023)
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Jaromír Málek (5 October 1943 – 23 May 2023) was a Czech Egyptologist.[1]
Jaromír Málek | |
|---|---|
| Born | 5 October 1943 |
| Died | 23 May 2023 (aged 79) |
| Education | Charles University |
| Occupation | Egyptologist |
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)