Egyptologist
Ancient Nile specialist
An Egyptologist is a scholar who studies ancient Egypt—its language, history, art, religion, and archaeology.
The field emerged in the nineteenth century following Napoleon's Egyptian campaign and the decipherment of hieroglyphics.
The Egyptologist spent decades excavating tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
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- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- Rosetta StoneDecree in three scripts
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
- glyphsCarved symbolic figures
demotic · Coptic · translation · scribes · epigraphy · Book of the Dead · cartouche · hieratic
Egyptian mortuary deity
Thoth · scarab · afterlife · mummification · ritual · offerings · mythology · priesthood
Egyptian necropolis plateau
- LuxorEgyptian city of ruins
- KarnakEgyptian temple complex
- ThebesAncient city, two locations
- Valley of the KingsEgyptian pharaonic burial ground
pyramid · Sphinx · temple · necropolis · Abu Simbel · Memphis · obelisk · Nile
Act of unearthing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
- stratigraphyStudy of rock layers
survey · expedition · conservation · preservation · potsherd · ceramics · faience · amulet
Relating to education or theory
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- professorSenior university teacher
- historianExpert on past events
- curatorCollection overseer
museum · philologist · epigrapher · manuscripts · publications · Petrie · Howard Carter · British Museum
Egyptian boy pharaoh
- RamsesEgyptian royal name
- CleopatraEgypt's last pharaoh
- NefertitiEighteenth Dynasty royal wife
- AkhenatenSun-disk-worshipping Egyptian monarch
Hatshepsut · Amenhotep · Khufu · dynasty · Old Kingdom · Middle Kingdom · Ptolemaic · royal tombs
decipher
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- papyrusAncient plant-derived writing material
- Rosetta StoneDecree in three scripts
- inscriptionsWords carved into surfaces
glyphs · demotic · Coptic · translation · scribes · epigraphy · Book of the Dead · cartouche · hieratic · phonograms
Anubis
Egyptian mortuary deity
Horus · Thoth · scarab · afterlife · mummification · ritual · offerings · mythology · priesthood · funerary
Giza
Egyptian necropolis plateau
Valley of the Kings · pyramid · Sphinx · temple · necropolis · Abu Simbel · Memphis · obelisk · Nile · Alexandria
excavation
Act of unearthing
- tombUnderground chamber for remains
- artifactsHuman-made historical objects
- antiquitiesHistorical objects from ages past
stratigraphy · survey · expedition · conservation · preservation · potsherd · ceramics · faience · amulet · canopic jars
academic
Relating to education or theory
- researcherOne who studies systematically
- professorSenior university teacher
- historianExpert on past events
curator · museum · philologist · epigrapher · manuscripts · publications · Petrie · Howard Carter · British Museum · fellowship
Tutankhamun
Egyptian boy pharaoh
Akhenaten · Hatshepsut · Amenhotep · Khufu · dynasty · Old Kingdom · Middle Kingdom · Ptolemaic · royal tombs · succession
- humanities careershistorian, philosopher, linguist, archaeologist, anthropologist
- regional scholarsAfricanist, Americanist, Arabist, Hellenist
- hobbyistshobbyist, hobbyists, enthusiasts, crafters, collectors
- historianshistorian, historians, chronicler, chroniclers, annalist
- Nile cruisesLuxor, Aswan, riverboat, sun deck, pool deck
- Orientalismodalisque, orientalism, snake charmer, harems, Turkish bath