Diana Míčková
Forschungsinteressen
- Ancient magic, mythology and religion
- Ancient Egyptian funerary texts
- Ancient Egyptian script, language and literature
- Ancient Art of Memory
Curriculum Vitae
a. Education
| 2014 | Bachelor’s Degree in Classical Archaeology and History and Culture of the Eastern Mediterranean in Antiquity, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague (summa cum laude) |
| 2016 | Master’s Degree in Egyptology and History of Classical Antiquity, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague (summa cum laude) |
| 7/2018–8/2018 | Erasmus + stipendist at the Institute of Egyptology, Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg |
| 2023 | PhD Degree in Egytology, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague (dissertation: Translation, Analysis and Interpretation of Texts of the Inner Side of the Outer Sarcophagus from the Tomb of Priest Iufaa at Abusir; in English) |
| 2025 | PhD Degree in Classical Philology, Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Charles University, Faculty of Arts, Prague (dissertation: The Classical Art of Memory: Its Evidence in Ancient Greece and its Connection to Ancient Egypt; in Czech) |
b. Work experience
| 2018 – 2021 | member of the project KREAS (Creativity and Adaptability as Conditions of the Success of Europe in an Interrelated World), Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
| 2020 - 2022 | Participation in the project Specific University Research (SVV), Literatura v interdisciplinárních souvislostech (Literature in an Interdisciplinary Framework), Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
| 2021 - 2024 | documentation of the numismatic collection of the National Museum in Prague |
| 2023 - 2024 | participation in the project Specific University Research (SVV), Literatura a umění v průsečíku hledání kulturní identity (Literature and Art at the Crossroads of Cultural Identity Formation), Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
| 2016 - 2025 | lecturer of the Faculty of Arts, Charles University (mainly: Middle Egyptian, Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Literature) |
| 2015 - 2026 | scientific member of the Czech Institute of Egyptology (including the preparation of editio princeps of religious texts from the Saite-Persian tombs at Abusir, participation in archaeological expeditions; and participation in the project KREAS) |
| 2021 - 2026 | scientific member of the international project Alchemies of Scent, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
| 2024 - 2026 | scientific member of the project Rivers in the Ancient Mediterranean World: Comparative and Interdisciplinary Study, Primus, Institute of Greek and Latin Studies, Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
| 2024 - 2026 | scientific member of the project Hieroglyphs Recognition and Translation, GA ČR, Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, Faculty of Arts |
c. Grant projects
| 1/2016 - 12/2018 | principal investigator of the grant project Graeco-Egyptian Mummy Labels and Other Texts from the Current Excavations at Gebel el-Haridi: Translation, Analysis and Interpretation (Charles University Grant Agency) |
| 1/2024 - 12/2024 | principal investigator of the grant project Ancient Egyptian Stories of Middle Kingdom – Translation, Analysis and Making the Grammatical Structure of the Texts Accessible to General Linguistics (Charles University Grant Agency) |
Publikationen
a. Monographs
2022 Abusir XXIX: The Shaft Tomb of Menekhibnekau II: The Texts (Renata Landgráfová – Ladislav Bareš – Diana Míčková). Prague: Czech Institute of Egyptology, Faculty of Arts, Charles University.
2019 Poslyš vyprávění z časů tvých otců: Příběhy ze starého Egypta (Diana Míčková – Dorotea Wollnerová). Praha: Academia 2019 (Jan Palach Award 2020).
b. Articles
2026 “Seeing the Secret of the Embalming Jar” (Diana Míčková – Renata Landgráfová), in: Gedenkschrift in Honour of Květa Smoláriková, in press.
2026 “Manifestations of the Sun’s Eye on the Outer Sarcophagus of Iufaa: A Solar Protective Ritual”, Archiv für Religionsgeschichte (proceedings of the conference Ancient Egyptian Deities and their Numerous Names: the One and the Many in Religious Discourse and Practice), in preparation.
2026 “Towards AI-assisted Translation of Hieroglyphic Egyptian: Interpreting Iufaa’s Coffin Texts” (Renata Landgráfová – Radek Mařík – Diana Míčková – Kristopher Molčan – Katka Moroviscová), Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, in press.
2026 “Newly Discovered Greek Mummy Labels from Gebel el-Haridi” (Mohamed Hussein Ahmed – Diana Míčková), Eirene 61, I–II, 233–276.
2025 “The Nenib–List: A List of Resinous Materials Reconsidered Continued. A Synoptic Reading of Edfu and Athribis Ingredients” (Heike Wilde – Diana Míčková – Martin Pehal – Sean Coughlin), Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 152 (2), 288–307.
2025 “The Antu–List Reconsidered: A Synoptic Reading of Edfu and Athribis Ingredients” (Heike Wilde – Diana Míčková – Martin Pehal – Sean Coughlin), Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 152 (1), 117–135.
2022 “Better Safe than Sorry: Spells for Countering Evil Magic from the Tomb of Iufaa” (Renata Landgráfová – Diana Míčková), in: Coppens, F. – Janák. J. – Smoláriková, K. (eds.): Knowledge and Memory: The Festschrift in Honour of Ladislav Bareš. Prague: Charles University Press, 293–310.
2022 “Pod ochranou kraví bohyně: Mehetveret a jejích sedm posvátných výroků v hrobce kněze Iufay a generála Menechibnekona” (Renata Landgráfová – Diana Míčková), in: Bárta, M. – Vymazalová, H. (eds.): Buď také písařem: Studie věnované památce Břetislava Vachaly. Univerzita Karlova: Filozofická fakulta, 227–235.
2022 “Číst či nečíst? Řecký pohled na egyptské hieroglyfy a principy antického umění paměti”, in: Aither 27, 28–57.
2021 “Secrets of the Laboratory (jz) – The Mummification Ritual on the Southern Wall of the Burial Chamber of Iufaa at Abusir” (Renata Landgráfová – Diana Míčková), in: Bárta, M. – Coppens. F. – Krejčí, J. (eds.): Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2020. Prague: Charles University Press, 359–369.
2021 “Iufaa as a Sun Priest and his False Window. Going forth into Daylight at the Eastern Horizon” (Renata Landgráfová – Jiří Janák – Diana Míčková), in: Bárta, M. – Coppens. F. – Krejčí, J. (eds.): Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2020. Prague: Charles University Press, 347– 357.
2020 “Purification of the Whopper – Royal Purification Ritual in the Shaft Tomb of Iufaa at Abusir” (Renata Landgráfová – Diana Míčková), in: Coppens, F. – Vymazalová, H. (eds.): XI. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung: The Discourse between Tomb and Temple. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 183–208.
2019 “Vyšli mne do Egypta, abych spatřil toho, kdo tam čaruje: Vzdělanci, čarodějové a šarlatáni v zemi na Nilu”, in: Theologická revue vol. 90 (3/2019), 319–344.
2019 “Prokletí starých Egypťanů? Magický text na ochranu proti zlodějům ze šachtových hrobek v Abúsíru” (Renata Landgráfová – Diana Míčková), in: Pražské egyptologické studie XXII, 54–67.
2018 “The Curious Case of Priest Iufaa: Preliminary Remarks on Texts on the Inner Side of the Outer Sarcophagus”, in: Incordino, I. – Mainieri, S. – D’Itria, E. – Pubblico, M. D. – Rega, F. M. – Salsano, A. (eds.): Current Research in Egyptology 2017: Proceedings of Eighteenth Annual Symposium, Access Archaeopress series. Oxford: Archeopress, 116–125.
2018 “Zapomenuté umění bohyně Mnémosyné”, in: Auriga LX/1, 74–91 .
2017 “Myth and Ritual in the Burial Chamber of the Shaft Tomb of Iufaa at Abusir: Snakes and Snake-like Beings” (Coppens, F. – Janák, J. – Landgráfová, R. – Míčková, D.), in: Bárta, M. – Coppens, F. – and Krejčí, J. (eds.): Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2015. Prague: Charles University Press, 613–626.
