Public Presentation of Non-European Cultures at the Turn of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Part 2: “From Worlds afar” – the Lecture Activity of Enrique Stanko Vráz Jiřina Todorovová The way in which the Czech public learned about exotic countries at the end of the 19th and 20th centuries was dependent above all on the ability of travellers to convey their experience in literary form, as travelogue, or to communicate their experiences directly – in lecture form. From the 1890s…
Julius Nestler and the “Nestler Collection” in the Náprstek Museum: Nationalism, Occultism and Entrepreneurship in the Making of Americanist Archaeology in Central Europe Markéta Křížová The text aims to present the broader context and biography of Julius Nestler, an amateur archaeologist from Prague, who at the beginning of the twentieth century pursued excavations in the ruins of Tiahuanaco/Tiwanaku and brought to Prague a unique collection of about 3,600 pieces, now deposited in…
Ibn Quzmān between Ribera, Nykl and Asín and the newly created Escuela de Estudios Árabes Josef Ženka In 1933, the newly founded Escuela de Estudios Árabes of Madrid printed Nykl’s edition of Dīwān Ibn Quzmān as its inaugural book. The Nykl papers held at the Náprstek Museum offer great insight into the working method of an orientalist of the first half of the 15th century. It is the aim of this…
Dragon Robe as a Professional Dress of the Qing Dynasty Scholar Official (The Náprstek Museum Collection) Helena Heroldová Dragon robes were worn by scholar – officials who were members of bureacracy of the Qing dynasty in China (1644–1911). The cut and design of the robes were uniform, but the embellishment and motifs including religious symbols were individual and personal. Dragon robes as a garment with high…
The Family and Friends of Vojta Náprstek. A Rare Portrait Collection from the Funds of the Náprstek Museum Milena Secká, Blanka Hnulíková The article introduces a collection of thirty three images, predominantly daguerreotypes, deposited in the collection department of the Náprstek Museum. They were made during the period from the end of the 1840s to the 1860s, partly in Europe and partly in the United States of America, as the…
Shepespuptah Idu according to Evidence from his Rock-cut Tomb at Abusir South Hana Vymazalová, Petra Havelková The article discusses evidence uncovered by the mission of the Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague at the necropolis of Abusir near Egypt’s capital Cairo. The tomb of Shepespuptah Idu was one of the four rock-cut tombs in the tomb complex of Princess…
Preliminary Report on the Eleventh Excavation Season of the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga Pavel Onderka, Vlastimil Vrtal The eleventh excavation season of the Archaeological Expedition to Wad Ben Naga focused on the rescue excavations around the rail track intersecting the western part of the archaeological site, excavations around the so-called Circular Building (WBN 50), conservation of the Palace of Queen…
