Gábor Vékony


Gábor Vékony was a Hungarian historian, archaeologist and linguist, associate professor at ELTE, Candidate of Sciences in History. He was an expert of the rovás scripts and a researcher of Hungarian prehistory.

Life and career

He attended elementary school in Tabdi and secondary school in Kiskőrös. He graduated from the Eötvös Loránd University of Budapest with a degree in archaeology and history in 1968. He obtained his PhD in 1969. From 1968 he worked in the Kuny Domokos Museum in Tata. From 1970 until his death in 2004 he was an associate professor of the Department of Archaeology and the Department of Ancient History at ELTE.

Rovas inscriptions

Prof. Vékony deciphered several Rovas inscriptions, e.g. Szarvas inscription and Alsószentmihály inscription.

His works