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Egyptologist

American  
[ee-jip-tahl-uhj-ist] / ˌi dʒɪpˈtɑl ədʒ ɪst /

noun

  1. an expert in Egyptology.


Example Sentences

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Howard Carter, the Egyptologist and archaeologist, discovered Tutankhamun's tomb in November 1922.

From Science Daily • Dec. 18, 2025

"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

And that's where she just fell in love with Egyptology, and she becomes the first female Egyptologist.

From Salon • Oct. 22, 2023

She was called to the Qubbat al-Hawa site by a research team led by Alejandro Jiménez Serrano, an Egyptologist from the University of Jaén in Spain.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

These last have now been arranged and catalogued by Mr. Budge, the well-known Egyptologist, whose investigations have brought to light a most interesting chapter in the history of ancient Egypt.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.