Egyptologist
Americannoun
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Howard Carter, the Egyptologist and archaeologist, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in November 1922.
From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025
"We hope the Grand Egyptian Museum will usher in a new golden age of Egyptology and cultural tourism," says Ahmed Seddik, a guide and aspiring Egyptologist by the pyramids on the Giza Plateau.
From BBC • Oct. 31, 2025
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.
From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2024
"Many people think of the site as just a cemetery in the modern sense, but it's a lot more than that," says Harvard University Egyptologist Peter Der Manuelian.
From National Geographic • Dec. 20, 2023
He feels much indebted to Dr. Samuel Birch, the leading English Egyptologist, for his kind assistance in rendering some obscure passages on the Obelisk.
From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by King, James
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