Jaromír Málek

Jaromír Málek (born October 5, 1943 in Přibyslav , Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia ) is a Czech Egyptologist . He is a former archivist at the Griffith Institute at the University of Oxford and worked as a contributor to and editor of the Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings (short title: Porter & Moss , PM ), one of the most important reference works in Egyptology.

Life

Málek studied Egyptology at Charles University in Prague , where he received his doctorate in 1969 . During the Prague Spring he took advantage of an invitation to Oxford to move permanently to the United Kingdom . From 1968 he worked as Rosalind Moss' assistant on the Topographical Bibliography of ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings , a reference work that was supposed to list all known finds of ancient Egypt with hieroglyphic inscriptions. From 1971 he was editor of the work and archivist of the Griffith Institute. In 2011 he retired.

Málek is married to the Welsh writer Jane Jakeman .

Fonts

• with John Baines: Atlas of Ancient Egypt. (1980, German: World Atlas of Ancient Cultures. Egypt. 1980)
• with Werner Forman: In the Shadow of the Pyramids. (1986, German: The Egyptians. In the shadow of the pyramids. 1988)
• The Cat in Ancient Egypt. (1993)
• ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. (1994)
• Egyptian Art. (1999, German: Ägyptische Kunst. 2002)
• with Diana Magee and E. Miles: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings. VIII. Objects of Provenance Not Known.
  • Part 1. Royal Statues. Private Statues (Predynastic to Dynasty XVII). (1999)
  • Part 2. Private Statues (Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period). Statues of Deities. (1999)
  • Parts 1 and 2. The Indices. (1999)
• with JE Livet, Alberto Siliotti and M. Kurz: The tomb of Ty. (2002)
• Egypt. 4000 Years of Art. (2003, German: Egypt. 4000 Years of Art. 2003)
• The Treasures of Tutankhamun. (2006)
• with Elizabeth Fleming, Alison Hobby and Diana Magee: Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Statues, Reliefs and Paintings. VIII. Objects of Provenance Not Known.
  • Part 3. Stelae: Early Dynastic Period to Dynasty XVII. (2007)
  • Part 4. Stelae: Dynasty XVIII to the Roman Period, 803-044-050 to 803-099-900. (2012)
• The Tutankhamun File. The Secrets of the Tomb and the Life of the Pharaohs. (2007)
• The Treasures of Ancient Egypt. (2010)

Web links

• Jaromír Málek's literature in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jaromir Malek - Academic Staff - Faculty of Oriental Studies - University of Oxford (English)
• Jaromir Malek (English)
• Jaromír Málek: Jedině v rodné Přibyslavi mluvím se svými blízkými česky (Czech)