The Scribner in the Place of Truth: The Biography of Egyptologist Jaroslav Cerny (Czech and English Edition)

In this new biography of Jaroslav Cern, the author reveals Cern in a number of different lights, yet his most important role was as one of the world's leading Egyptologists. He became the most famous expert in hieratic texts of the New Kingdom. He was a devoted teacher, an altruistic and constant friend to Egyptologists around the world, a loving husband and father. In England he was Professor in both the University College, London, and Oxford University. In Egypt, he participated in the excavations of the French. This biography is being published on the 40th occasion of Cern's death, in gratitutde for all his help and advice to Czech Egyptology during his lengthy stay in England. In three major areas he has benefited this country: by his many gifts to the Czech Institute Library, by his constant support and advice to Zbynek Zaba, the director who was struggling to keep Czech Egyptology alive in Prague, and most importantly, by advising Czech Egyptologists to begin their excavations at Abusir. Text in Czech and in English.