Egyptology
noun
the scientific study of Egyptian antiquities.
Egyptological
-
a word derived from
Egyptology.
Example Sentences
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The Egyptological expertise in the project made it possible to link Punt to Adulis.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2023
“The artists who created all this really flew below the Egyptological radar,” says Dimitri Laboury, an Egyptologist at the University of Liège who was not involved in the study.
From Science Magazine ● Nov. 16, 2021
He found time nevertheless for Egyptological work of the highest value, including a hieroglyphical grammar and dictionary, translations of The Book of the Dead and the Harris papyrus, and numerous catalogues and guides.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various
This savant presently published a translation of the document, which at once caused a sensation in the Egyptological world; and during the next few years four amended translations were made by different scholars.
From The Treasury of Ancient Egypt Miscellaneous Chapters on Ancient Egyptian History and Archaeology by Arthur E. P. B. Weigall
It is not addressed to the Egyptological specialist, to whom, as a matter of course, its contents are well known, and therefore its pages are not loaded with elaborate notes and copious references.
From The Literature of the Ancient Egyptians by Sir E. A. Wallis (Ernest Alfred Wallis) Budge
