Zbyněk Žába
Czech egyptologist
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| Intro | Czech egyptologist | |
| Places | Czech Republic | |
| was | Archaeologist | |
| Work field | Social science | |
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| Birth | 19 June 1917 | |
| Death | 15 August 1971 (aged 54 years) |
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Zbyněk Žába (June 19, 1917 – August 15, 1971) was a Czechoslovak Egyptologist. In 1945 he commenced his studies on the subject and in 1949 he became an assistant to František Lexa. In 1954 Žába was named an associate professor of Egyptology, and in 1960 he was chosen to be the director of the Czechoslovak Institute of Egyptology, an institution founded in 1958 and originally led by Lexa.