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Last week we started a short series on Czech Egyptology, probably the best-known branch of Czech archaeology. Jaromir Krejci of the Czech Institute of Egyptology took us to Abusir, one of the most important archaeological sites in Egypt, where the Czech expedition has been working since 1960. To be able to excavate at the site, the Czech Egyptologists need their concession renewed every year. But also vital for the Czech experts is good cooperation with locals who assist in the excavations.

In the last four weeks, we discussed the history and achievements of Czech archaeology. Perhaps the best-known branch of Czech archaeology on an international scale is Czech Egyptology. This week we talk to Egyptologist Jaromir Krejci from Prague's Charles University who first takes us back to the 19th century when Jan Kminek-Szedlo, as the first Czech ever, started his Egyptology studies in Italy.

Welcome to Czech Science. For the last time today, Charles University Professor Jan Bouzek will talk about Czech archaeology, focusing this time on its achievements outside this country.

Welcome to Czech Science. Today we'll hear the third instalment in our short series on Czech archaeology. Over the last millennia, many peoples lived and left their mark on what is now the Czech Republic. Charles University Professor Jan Bouzek will tell us about interesting sites and excavations in this country and also about recent cases in which insensitive construction work destroyed priceless monuments forever.

Welcome to Czech Science. Today we'll hear the second part in our short series dedicated to Czech archaeology. Last week, Charles University Professor Jan Bouzek told us about the history of archaeology in the Czech lands from its early days in the 16th century until the end of the 1930s. At that time archaeology was already a well-established science in the then Czechoslovakia but the pace of development was interrupted by the outbreak of the Second World War. In today's episode Professor Jan Bouzek talks about Czech archaeology under the Nazi

The next few programmes will be dedicated to one particular discipline, archaeology, which in this country has a long and interesting history. Czech excavators have made many achievements both in this country and abroad, and thanks to the rich history of this part of Europe, there is always much for them to do.

In 2002 a team of scientists and marketing experts launched a project called Czech Head, which is intended to support and promote Czech science among the public, to make it an attractive "brand". Czech Head includes a number of activities and its culmination is an annual award bearing the same name. Ahead of this year's award ceremony, I talked to Vaclav Marek of the organisation's planning committee.

In March this year, Michal Moucka, a doctor from the town of Kutna Hora took his sons to a nearby quarry to look for fossils of small ancient sea animals. Unexpectedly, the father and sons returned home with a priceless find - the first dinosaur bone ever discovered on Czech territory. As palaeontology is Mr Moucka's hobby, he immediately contacted experts from Charles University in Prague, who confirmed that the 40-centimetre bone comes from a specimen from the family Iguanodontidae that lived around 95 million years ago. Such a find is unique

In this week's Czech Science we'll be looking at a topic relevant not only in the Czech Republic - and that is women in science. I talked to Marcela Linkova from the National Contact Centre Women and Science, whose aim is to promote women in scientific professions, and asked her first why women could be considered a separate category in Czech science.

In this week's edition of Czech Science we look at a new encyclopaedia that has just been published. In 2000 and 2001 the Euromedia Group publishing house put out a ten-volume encyclopaedia called Universum, which contained 150,000 entries and was awarded in the Dictionary of the Year contest the following year. Last autumn a multimedia version of the encyclopaedia was published and was awarded the main prize in the same contest. A four-tome version followed and finally, last week a single-volume, up-to-date edition of Universum came out, containing