Nepravé dvere ako brána z iného sveta v hrobkách z doby staviteľov pyramíd

In the period of the pyramid builders, the so-called false door was the focal point of the funerary cult in non-royal tombs. In the minds of the ancient Egyptians they symbolized an imaginary boundary between the world of the living and the beyond (the underworld). The spirit of the deceased passed through the false door into the tomb chapel, where he had food and drink prepared. When the spirit had had its fill, it returned to the underworld. The lecture will introduce not only the form and meaning of the false door, but also the functioning of the cult of the afterlife in ancient Egypt.

Mgr. et Mgr. Veronika Dulíková, Ph.D., studied History – Museology at the University of Silesia in Opava and Egyptology – History and Culture of Islamic Countries at Charles University in Prague. She received her doctorate in Egyptology at the same university. Her research interests include history, archaeology, and especially society, material culture, prosopography, administration and social network analysis in the Old Kingdom. Since 2006 he has been creating a database of dignitaries, their titles and family connections (Maat-base). As part of an interdisciplinary project with cyberneticist Radek Mařík, he applies the method of complex network analysis to society in the period of the Old Empire. Since 2010 he regularly participates in archaeological research in Egypt.

The event is organised by the Gedíd Aigyptos Foundation and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Slovak Academy of Sciences.

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