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April 16th, 2008 issue

Egyptian exhibits

Recent temporary exhibitions dedicated to the exploits of Czech Egyptologists — one here, one in Cairo — made me wonder why Prague has no permanent museum of Egyptology.
Nearly every major European city has a permanent display of Egyptian artifacts collected or excavated by its archaeologists. Leiden, Netherlands has one, and Munich, Germany is building a state-of-the-art museum to house its various Egyptian collections.
There are dozens of them in North America, reflecting the profound and widespread interest in the art and culture of ancient Egypt.
The Czech Republic has a more distinguished record than most in Egyptian discoveries — just think of the records of Jaroslav Černý or Miroslav Verner — which makes it strange that neither Czechs nor visitors can see what these distinguished individuals have achieved in the name of their country.
Does anyone know of a reason for this odd omission?
Adrian Wheeler
Prague
Radar base
I do not agree with the placement of the radar (“Opposing force,” News, April 2–8).
I do not think that it will enhance security, but actually will be a target for an attack.
Politics in the United States are in turmoil, and if Democrats get the nomination, they will pull away from this project.

Liba Hardekopf

Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.
Necessary evil
I don’t believe corporate ownership means a race to the bottom — does anybody remember how bad Staropramen was before it was bought (“At the pub, think globally and drink locally,” Opinion, April 2–9)? Remember the crumbling brewery in Smíchov? It’s a much better beer now than it was back then.
I’m still going to buy my favorite Krušovice until I decide it’s no longer as good as the others; if it takes Heineken’s money to make sure it doesn’t disappear from the market, then so be it.
Doug Matthews
Prague
Boycott China
In the old “Cold War days,” the obvious expression of one’s displeasure with another country’s policies was not to buy that country’s goods.
Today, no one in Washington or in the West seems to be saying not to buy Chinese-made goods.
We all know that China sits on a trillion U.S. dollars in cash and that the Western investment in the Chinese economy is breathtaking — probably in the trillions. So we politically “tease” China a bit about misbehaving in Tibet, but do not want to really punish China for it, without economically punishing ourselves. Sounds a bit absurd and ironic? Yes, and it is the result and the price we pay for globalization.
Paul Zellman
Los Angeles


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