Egyptologist

[ee-jip-tahl-uhj-ist]

noun

1. an expert in Egyptology.

Example Sentences

When Egyptologists were searching for the initial tomb, they found a posthumous inscription that indicated the content could have been moved to a second location nearby, by Thutmose II's wife and half-sister Hatsheput.

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Egyptologists have discovered the first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun's was uncovered over a century ago.

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Known as a striding male figure, it is one of only 33 statues like it known to exist, Egyptologists say.

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Foy Scalf, an Egyptologist at the University of Chicago, said that the “secret” or “mystery” was a euphemism for the mummy itself, which, after the embalming and appropriate rites, took on a special nature.

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But several Egyptologists said that they appeared to be the pyramid’s surviving granite blocks, which have been there for centuries, and which can be seen in photographs dating back to 1907.

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