Martina Bardonova ORCID:0000000309508284
Martina got trained in Egyptology and History at the Charles University in Prague obtaining a double-degree MA in 2011. In 2019 she obtained her PhD in Egyptology.
Between 2019 and 2021 she was employed at the Czech Institute of Egyptology as a researcher within the projects KREAS and PROGRES. Her research focuses on the economy and social structure of ancient Egypt, mainly in the Old and Middle Kingdom. Afterwards she collaborated with the Czech Institute of Egyptology comparting classes to undergraduate students.
Since 2009, she participates in several expeditions in the Czech Republic and in Egypt. In the latter, she participates in the excavations organized by the University of Jae´n in the necropolis of Qubbet el-Hawa and she collaborates with the Egyptian team in the Sahuras causeway (Central Abusir). She has also participated in the excavations of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in the sites of Tell ed-Daba and Kom Ombo and spent two seasons with the American team (AERA) at the Menkaura valley temple (Giza). In 2015 and 2016 she worked also on the concession of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at the necropolis of Abusir.