Egyptology
[ee-jip-tol-uh-jee]
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noun
the scientific study of Egyptian antiquities.
Origin of Egyptology
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If I'm anything, I'm a—an Egyptologist, in an amateur sort of way, you know.
They would take me for an Egyptologist at his sacrilegious work.'
Franz LisztJames Huneker
He is an antiquary,—an Egyptologist, and thereto his soul is wedded.
IdolatryJulian Hawthorne
Here, red and unornamented as the house itself, the future Egyptologist was born.
IdolatryJulian Hawthorne
"I am an Egyptologist—among other details," said the Tracer calmly.
The Tracer of Lost PersonsRobert W. Chambers
Egyptology
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