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Egyptology

American  
[ee-jip-tol-uh-jee] / ˌi dʒɪpˈtɒl ə dʒi /

noun

  1. the scientific study of Egyptian antiquities.


Egyptology British  
/ ɪˌdʒɪptəˈlɒdʒɪkəl, ˌiːdʒɪpˈtɒlədʒɪ /

noun

  1. the study of the archaeology and language of ancient Egypt

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Etymology

Origin of Egyptology

First recorded in 1855–60; Egypt + -o- + -logy

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And as Rollins aged, he would remain a voracious seeker, with interests that expanded into Zen Buddhism, martial arts, Kabbalah, the esoteric 17th-century tradition of Rosicrucianism, reincarnation and Egyptology.

From The Wall Street Journal May 26, 2026

EWF spent its first three Columbia LPs honing its approach: the blend of funk grooves and rock riffs, the proto-self-help philosophizing, the ornate visual style that crossed psychedelia with Egyptology.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 27, 2025

So now there are many quotations from Margaret Murray in the Dictionary for words to do with Egyptology.

From Salon Oct. 22, 2023

Professor Larry Barham, from the University of Liverpool's Department of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, who leads the 'Deep Roots of Humanity' research project said:

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

Virtually the same applies in Egyptology, in which the study of the Ptolemaic “late period” has long been the neglected stepchild of a discipline engrossed by the Rameseses and Thut- moses of high antiquity.

From "Circumference" by Nicholas Nicastro

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