List of Egyptologists
Encyclopedia
This is a partial list of Egyptologists. An Egyptologist is any archaeologist, historian
, linguist
, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology
, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt
and its antiquities
. Demotists are Egyptologists who specialize in the study of the Demotic language and field of Demotic Studies. Although a practitioner of the disciplined study of Ancient Egypt
and Egypt
ian antiquities is an "Egyptologist", the field of Egyptology is not exclusive to such practitioners.
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Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, linguist
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
, or art historian who specializes in Egyptology
Egyptology
Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”...
, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
and its antiquities
Antiquities
Antiquities, nearly always used in the plural in this sense, is a term for objects from Antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean: the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures...
. Demotists are Egyptologists who specialize in the study of the Demotic language and field of Demotic Studies. Although a practitioner of the disciplined study of Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Ancient Egypt was an ancient civilization of Northeastern Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now the modern country of Egypt. Egyptian civilization coalesced around 3150 BC with the political unification of Upper and Lower Egypt under the first pharaoh...
and Egypt
History of Egypt
Egyptian history can be roughly divided into the following periods:*Prehistoric Egypt*Ancient Egypt**Early Dynastic Period of Egypt: 31st to 27th centuries BC**Old Kingdom of Egypt: 27th to 22nd centuries BC...
ian antiquities is an "Egyptologist", the field of Egyptology is not exclusive to such practitioners.
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- Friedrich Abitz
- Barbara G. Adams (British, 1945–2002)
- Cyril AldredCyril AldredCyril Aldred was a British Egyptologist, art historian and author.-Early life:Cyril Aldred was born in Fulham, London, the son of Frederick Aldred and Lilian Ethel Underwood the 6th of 7 children .Aldred attended Sloane School, in Chelsea, and studied English at King's College London, and then...
(British, 1914–1991) - Schafik Allam (German, * 1928)
- Brigitte Altenmüller
- Hartwig AltenmüllerHartwig AltenmüllerHartwig Altenmüller is a German Egyptologist. He became professor at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Hamburg in 1971...
(German, * 1937) - Guillemette AndreuGuillemette AndreuGuillemette Andreu-Lanoë , is a French Egyptologist and archaeologist. A former member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology of Cairo, she has been a curator and director of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum since May 2007.-Biography:After studying history,...
(French, * 1948) - Tadeusz AndrzejewskiTadeusz AndrzejewskiTadeusz Andrzejewski was a Polish archeologist and Egyptologist.-Life:Andrzejewski was born in Łódź. After leaving school, he joined the staff of the Warsaw National Museum in the 1940s, and was appointed to a post in University of Warsaw, 1951....
(Polish, 1923–61) - Dieter Arnold (German, * 1936)
- Dorothea Arnold (German, * 1935)
- Aleida Assmann (German, * 1947)
- Jan AssmannJan AssmannJan Assmann is a German Egyptologist who was born in Langelsheim.-Education and teaching:He went to school in Lübeck and Heidelberg before going on to study Egyptology, Classical Archeology and Greek Studies in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris and Göttingen...
(German, * 1938) - Éric AubourgÉric AubourgEric Aubourg is a French astrophysicist at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique and APC/Université Paris-Diderot.-References:...
(French) - Sydney H. Aufrère (French)
- A.C.T.E. Prisse d`Avennes (French, 1807–1879)
- Edward Russell Ayrton (British, 1882–1914)
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- Alexander BadawyAlexander BadawyAlexander Badawy was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He was born in Egypt and taught Egyptology in the USA. He was professor emeritus of art history at UCLA, and when he retired he endowed a chair at Johns Hopkins University, currently held by Betsy Bryan.-Selected publications:* Coptic Art and...
(Egyptian, 1913–1986) - John BainesJohn BainesJohn Baines is the incumbent Professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a fellow of The Queen's College. He is the author of multiple scholarly articles and publications relating to ancient Egyptian civilization....
(British, * 1946) - Pascale BalletPascale BalletPascale Ballet is a French Egyptologist, and a Professor of Art History and Archaeology of Antiquity at the University of Poitiers. The subject of her thesis obtained in June 1980 under the leadership of Jean Leclant was on terracotta figurines from Egypt and the Mediterranean in the Hellenistic...
(French) - Paul Barguet
- Winfried Barta
- Hussein BassirHussein BassirHussein Bassir is an Egyptian archaeologist of Giza Pyramids and one of the directors of the excavation team in the Valley of the Golden Mummies at Bahariya Oasis. In 1994, he got his BA in Egyptology from Cairo University...
(Egyptian, * 1973) - Theofried Baumeister (German, * 1941)
- Alfred Chester BeattyAlfred Chester BeattySir Alfred Chester Beatty Seanad 1985: "Chester Beatty died at the Princess Grace Clinic, Monte Carlo, on 19 January 1968, [...]" . was a mining magnate and millionaire, often called the "King of Copper". U.S.-born, he was naturalised British in 1933, and made an honorary citizen of Ireland in 1957...
(American, 1875–1968) - Jürgen von BeckerathJürgen von BeckerathJürgen von Beckerath is a prominent German Egyptologist. He is a prolific writer who has published countless articles in journals such as Orientalia, Göttinger Miszellen , Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt , Archiv für Orientforschung and Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur among...
(German, * 1920) - Heike Behlmer
- Horst Beinlich (German)
- Christine Beinlich-Seeber
- Georges Bénédite (French 1857–1926)
- Jocelyne Berlandini
- Maria Carmela Betrò (Italian)
- Susanne BickelSusanne BickelSusanne Bickel is a French Egyptologist. She studied Egyptology in Geneva and then worked at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology in Cairo and the Swiss Institute of Egyptian Antiquity...
- Morris Bierbrier
- Manfred BietakManfred BietakManfred Bietak is an Austrian archaeologist. He is Professor emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Vienna and Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo 1973-2009...
(Austrian, * 1940) - Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956)
- Fernand Bisson de la RoqueFernand Bisson de la RoqueFernand Bisson de La Roque was a French Egyptologist and archaeologist. Notable excavations include...
(French) - Gun Björkman (Swedish)
- Aylward Manley Blackman (British, 1883–1956)
- Elke Blumenthal (German, * 1938)
- Wladimir Georgijewitsch Bok (Russian, 1850–1899)
- Alessandro Bongioanni
- Charles Bonnet (Swiss, * 1933)
- Hans Bonnet (German, 1887-1972)
- Charlotte BoothCharlotte BoothCharlotte Booth earned both her Bachelors and her Masters degrees in Egyptian Archaeology at University College London and started teaching for Birkbeck, University of London as soon as she graduated. Her focus of study at university was the Hyksos period of Egypt and she has given talks, and...
(British, * 1975) - Ludwig BorchardtLudwig BorchardtLudwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist who was born in Berlin.-Life:Borchardt initially studied Architecture and later Egyptology under Adolf Erman. In 1895 he journeyed to Cairo and produced, with Gaston Maspero, the Catalogue of the Egyptian Museum...
(German, 1863–1938) - Kate Bosse-GriffithsKäte Bosse-GriffithsKäte Bosse-Griffiths was a German born Egyptologist who after moving to Wales became a writer in the Welsh language.-Early history:...
(German-British, 1910–1998) - Bernard V. Bothmer (German-American, 1912–1993)
- Janine Bourriau (May 1941)
- Artur Brack
- Peter J. BrandPeter J. BrandPeter James Brand is a Canadian Egyptologist from Toronto, Ontario. He is also a naturalized American citizen. He completed his PhD in 1998 at the University of Toronto with his dissertation The Monuments of Seti I: Epigraphic, Historical and Art Historical Analysis...
(Canadian-American, * 1967) - Bob BrierBob BrierRobert Brier , also known as Mr. Mummy, is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology. A Senior Research Fellow at the C.W...
(American, * 1943) - James H. Breasted (American, 1865–1935)
- Edda Bresciani (Italian)
- Jürgen Brinks
- Andreas Brodbeck
- Edward Borvarski
- Emil Brugsch (German, 1842–1930)
- Heinrich Brugsch (German, 1827–1894)
- Hellmut Brunner (German, 1913–1997)
- Emma Brunner-Traut (German, 1911–2008)
- Urbain BouriantUrbain BouriantUrbain Bouriant was a French Egyptologist, who discovered the Gospel of Peter in a tomb at Akhmim. He is best known from his translation of Al-Maqrizi, published as Description topographique et historique de l'Egypte...
(French) - Hannes Buchberger
- Günter Burkard (German, * 1944)
- James Burton (British, 1788–1862)
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- Ricardo CaminosRicardo CaminosRicardo Augusto Caminos was an Argentine Egyptologist focused on epigraphy and paleography. Caminos was born in Buenos Aires with a brother Hugo and sister Helena. As a child he was fascinated by ancient history, and Caminos went on to obtain his undergraduate degree and M.A. from University of...
(Argentinian, 1916–1992) - Jean CapartJean CapartJean Capart was a Belgian Egyptologist, director of the El-Kab excavations from 1937 to 1939 and then 1945.- Bibliography :* Anne-Marie and Auguste Brasseur-Capart, Jean Capart ou le rêve comblé de l’égyptologie, Bruxelles, Arts & Voyages / Lucien De Meyer, 1974, 236 pp., ill.;* Jean-Michel...
(Belgian, 1877–1947) - Howard CarterHoward CarterHoward Carter may refer to:* Howard Carter , English archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb* Howard Carter , American basketball player...
(British, 1874–1939) - Juan José Castillos (Uruguayan, * 1944)
- Giovanni Battista Caviglia (Italian, * 1770, † 1845)
- Sylvie Cauville
- Jean-Louis Hellouin de Cenival (French, 1927–2003)
- Christopher Cena (American, 1904-1978)
- Pavel Červiček
- Jaroslav ČernýJaroslav Cerný (Egyptologist)-Biography:Jaroslav Černý was born on 22 August 1898 in Pilsen in Austro-Hungary. He studied from 1917 till 1922 at the Charles University in Prague, where he received his doctorate in 1929. He took part in Bernard Bruyère's excavations at Deir el-Medina in 1925 and the village became the focus of...
(Czech, 1898–1970) - François ChabasFrançois ChabasFrançois Joseph Chabas was a French egyptologist.Chabas came from a modest background, studied at Chalon and became a wine merchant. Self-taught, he learned Latin, Greek and other languages. Interested in anthropology, he turned to study Old Egyptian languages...
(French, 1817–1882) - Maxence de Chalvet (French, 1849–1892)
- Jean-François ChampollionJean-François ChampollionJean-François Champollion was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs....
(French, 1790–1832) - Émile Gaston ChassinatÉmile Gaston ChassinatÉmile Gaston Chassinat was a French Egyptologist. Director of the French Institute for Oriental Archaeology in Cairo in Cairo from 1898/9 to 1911/2, Chassinat acquired two of the Amarna tablets in 1903.- Publications :...
(French 1868–1948) - Charles ChipiezCharles ChipiezCharles Chipiez was an influential French architect, Egyptologist, Iranologist, and an avid historian of the ancient world's architecture...
(French) - Peter A. Clayton (* 1937)
- Jean Clédat (French, 1871–1941)
- Kathlyn M. Cooney (American)
- Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (French)
- Maria Sole Croce
- Silvio Curto (Italian)
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- Elvira D'Amicone (Italian)
- Georges Émile Jules DaressyGeorges Émile Jules DaressyGeorges Émile Jules Daressy was a French Egyptologist.He worked from 1887 in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Amongst his responsibilies was the museums its move from Bulaq to Giza in 1891, and then to the present day location in 1901. He is an important author of the general catalog of the museum...
(French, 1864–1938) - François Daumas (French, 1915–1984)
- Nina Davies (American, 1881–1965)
- Norman de Garis Davies (American, 1865–1941)
- Philippe Derchain (Belgian, * 1926)
- Maria Theresia Derchain-Urtel (German)
- Didier Devauchelle
- Jacobus van Dijk
- Cheikh Anta DiopCheikh Anta DiopCheikh Anta Diop was a historian, anthropologist, physicist, and politician who studied the human race's origins and pre-colonial African culture. He is regarded as an important figure in the development of the Afrocentric viewpoint, in particular for his theory that the ancient Egyptians were...
(1923–1986) - Gilles Dormion (French)
- Sergio Donadoni (Italian)
- Anna Maria Donadoni-Roveri (Italian)
- Andreas Dorn
- Rosemarie Drenkhahn
- Günter DreyerGunter DreyerGünter Dreyer is an Egyptologist at the German Archaeological Institute. In southern Egypt, Dreyer discovered records of linen and oil deliveries which have been carbon-dated to between 3300 BCE and 3200 BCE, predating the Dynastic Period....
(German, * 1943) - Étienne DriotonEtienne DriotonÉtienne Drioton was a French Egyptologist, archaeologist, and Catholic canon.-Biography:...
(French, 1889–1961) - Vera von Droste zu Hülshoff (German)
- Johannes DümichenJohannes DumichenJohannes Dümichen was a German Egyptologist.Dümichen was born near Glogau. He studied philology and theology in Berlin and Breslau. Subsequently he became a pupil of Karl Lepsius and Heinrich Brugsch, and devoted himself to the study of Egyptian inscriptions...
(German, 1833–1894)
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- Marianne Eaton-Krauss
- Georg EbersGeorg EbersGeorg Moritz Ebers , German Egyptologist and novelist, discovered the Egyptian medical papyrus, of ca. 1550 BCE, named for him at Luxor in the winter of 1873–74...
(German, 1873–1898) - Elmar Edel (German, 1914–1997)
- Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (British, 1909–1996)
- Arne Eggebrecht (German, 1935–2004)
- Eva Eggebrecht (German)
- August Eisenlohr (German, 1832–1902)
- Mamdouh Mohamed Eldamaty
- Walter Bryan Emery (British, 1903–1971)
- Jean-Yves EmpereurJean-Yves EmpereurJean-Yves Empereur is a French archeologist and egyptologist. He studied classic literature in the University Paris IV Sorbonne ....
(French) - Erika Endesfelder (German, * 1936)
- Reginald Engelbach (British, 1888–1946)
- Adolf ErmanAdolf ErmanJohann Peter Adolf Erman was a renowned Egyptologist and lexicographer.-Life:Born in Berlin, he was the son of Georg Adolf Erman and grandson of Paul Erman....
(German, 1854–1937)
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- Ahmad Fachri (Egyptian, 1905–1973)
- H. W. Fairman (British)
- Martin von Falck
- Gerhard Fecht (German, * 1922)
- Erika Feucht (German, * 1938)
- Cecil Mallaby FirthCecil Mallaby FirthCecil Mallaby Firth was a British Egyptologist.Firth worked in Nubia of 1907 to 1911, then it started to explore the complex of Djoser's Step Pyramid in Saqqara where, in 1924, he discovered the serdab of the Pharaoh, which is now in the Cairo Museum.Firth then worked in collaboration with James E...
(British, 1878–1931) - Henry George Fischer (American, 1923–2005)
- Hans-Werner Fischer-ElfertHans-Werner Fischer-ElfertHans-Werner Fischer-Elfert is a German professor of Egyptology at the Institut für Ägyptologie, University of Leipzig, Germany. He received his Ph.D, written under the direction of Prof. Wolfgang Helck, from the University of Hamburg. He notably took part in the writing of the Lexikon der...
(German,* 1954) - Joann FletcherJoann FletcherDr. Joann Fletcher is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York and Consultant Egyptologist for Harrogate Museums and Arts. She has undertaken excavation work in Egypt, Yemen, and the UK, and has examined mummies both on-site and in collections around...
(British, * 1966) - Detlef Franke (German, 1952–2007)
- Henri FrankfortHenri FrankfortHenri 'Hans' Frankfort was a Dutch Egyptologist, archaeologist and orientalist.-Biography:Born in Amsterdam, Frankfort studied history at the University of Amsterdam and then moved to London, where in 1924, he took an MA under Sir Flinders Petrie at the University College. In 1927 he gained a...
(Dutch, 1897–1954) - George Willoughby Fraser (British, 1866–1923)
- Renée FriedmanRenee FriedmanRenee Friedman is an American Egyptologist, who studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where her thesis was on the Predynastic cemetery at Naga ed Der. She earned her PhD in 1994 ....
(American) - Harald Froschauer (Austrian)
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- Sami Gabra (Egyptian, 1892–1979)
- Ingrid Gamer-Wallert (German, * 1936)
- Alan GardinerAlan GardinerSir Alan Henderson Gardiner was one of the premier British Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century...
(British, 1879–1963) - John GarstangJohn GarstangJohn Garstang was a British archaeologist of the ancient Near East, especially Anatolia and the southern Levant....
(British, 1876–1956) - Henri Gauthier (French)
- Louise Gestermann (German)
- Michel Gitton
- Raphael Giveon (Israeli, 1916–1985)
- Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville (British 1900–1956)
- Hans Goedicke (Austrian)
- Orly GoldwasserOrly GoldwasserOrly Goldwasser is an Israeli Egyptologist, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University.Orly Goldwasser received her B.A. at Tel Aviv University, continued studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, where she was awarded her M.A. and PhD degrees...
(Israeli) - Wladimir Golenischeff (Russian, 1856–1947)
- Farouk Gomaà
- Zakaria GoneimZakaria GoneimMuhammed Zakaria Goneim was an Egyptian archaeologist, known for his discoveries in and around Saqqara. He is best known for discovering the Step pyramid of Sekhemkhet....
(Egyptian, 1905–1959) - Georges Goyon (French)
- Jean-Claude Goyon (French)
- Erhart Graefe (German, * 1943)
- Pierre Grandet (French)
- Hermann GrapowHermann GrapowHermann Grapow was a German Egyptologist.-Works:*Wörterbuch der ägyptischen Sprache, 7 Bände, Berlin, 1925 ff.*Anatomie und Physiologie, Berlin, 1954...
(German, 1885–1967) - Bernard Pyne GrenfellBernard Pyne GrenfellBernard Pyne Grenfell was an English scientist and Egyptologist and a member of The Queen's College, Oxford.With his friend and colleague, Arthur Surridge Hunt, he took part in the archaeological dig of Oxyrhynchus and discovered many ancient manuscripts known as the Oxyrhynchus Papyri, including...
(British, 1869–1926) - Reinhard Grieshammer
- Nicholas Grimal (French)
- Alfred Grimm (German)
- Günter Grimm (German, * 1940)
- Aude Gros de Beler (French)
- Waltraud Guglielmi (German, * 1938)
- Heike Guksch (* 1943)
- Battiscombe GunnBattiscombe GunnBattiscombe "Jack" George Gunn was an English Egyptologist and philologist. He published his first translation from Egyptian in 1906. He translated inscriptions for many important excavations and sites, including Fayum, Saqqara, Amarna, Giza and Luxor...
(English, 1883 - 1950) - Adolphe Gutbub
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- Labib HabachiLabib HabachiLabib Habachi was an influential Egyptian Egyptologist.Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in Egypt and the Sudan...
(Egyptian, 1906–1984) - Gerhard Haeny
- Ingelore Hafemann
- Jochen Hallof
- Tohfa Handoussa (Egyptian)
- Rainer Hannig (German)
- Ben Haring (Dutch)
- Hermann Harrauer (Austrian, * 1941)
- Hermine Hartleben (German, 1846–1918)
- Ali HassanAli HassanAli Hassan was an Egyptian Greco-Roman Bantamweight wrestler. He competed for Egypt in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, earning a silver medal behind Kurt Pettersén of Sweden and Halil Kaya of Turkey....
- Selim HassanSelim HassanSelim Hassan was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He wrote the 16-volume Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt in Arabic and supervised the excavation of many ancient Egyptian tombs under the auspices of Cairo University.-Giza:...
(Egyptian,1886–1961) - Zahi HawassZahi HawassZahi Hawass is an Egyptian archaeologist, an Egyptologist, and former Minister of State for Antiquities Affairs. He has also worked at archaeological sites in the Nile Delta, the Western Desert, and the Upper Nile Valley....
(Egyptian, * 1947) - William C. Hayes (American, 1906–1963)
- Harold M. Hays (American)
- Irmgard Hein (Austrian)
- Wolfgang HelckWolfgang HelckHans Wolfgang Helck was a German Egyptologist, considered one of the most important Egyptologists of the 20th century. From 1956 until his retirement in 1979 he was a Professor at the University of Hamburg...
(German, 1914–1993) - Johann Jakob HessJohann Jakob HessJohann Jakob Hess , Swiss Egyptologist and Assyriologist, being also an expert in other Orientalistic languages.-Personal life:...
[Swiss, Freiburg im Üechtland, 11 January 1866 - ZürichZürichZurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich...
, 29 April 1949) - Fritz Hintze (German)
- Inge Hofmann (* 1939)
- Günther Hölbl (Austrian, * 1947)
- Uvo Hölscher (German, 1878–1963)
- Regina Hölzl (Austrian, * 1966)
- Ulrike Horak (Austrian, 1957–2001)
- Erik HornungErik HornungErik Hornung is an Egyptologist and one of the most influential modern writers on the Ancient Egyptian religion. He is Professor Emeritus of Basle University.-Biography:...
(Swiss, * 1933) - Michael Höveler-Müller (German, * 1974)
- Arthur Surridge Hunt (British, 1871–1934)
- Aemilius Haeffner (Hungarian, 1892–1953)
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- Christian JacqChristian JacqChristian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book suite about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly....
(French, * 1947) - Helen Jacquet-Gordon
- Peter Jánosi
- Gustave JéquierGustave JéquierGustave Jéquier, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1868 and died in 1946 in the same city, was an Egyptologist and one of the first archaeologists to excavate ancient Persian cities in what is now modern-day Iran...
(Swiss, 1868–1946) - Jean-Baptiste Jollois (French)
- Harold Jones
- Edmé François Jomard (French, 1777–1862)
- Friedrich Junge (German, * 1941)
- Hermann JunkerHermann JunkerHermann Junker was a German archaeologist best known for his discovery of the Merimde site in the West Delta in Lower Egypt in 1928.-Selected Publications:* Die Grabung auf dem Mastabafeld von Gizeh. Vienna: Akademie der Wissenschaft, 1912....
(German, 1877–1962)
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- Jochem Kahl (German)
- Werner Kaiser (German)
- László KákosyLászló KákosyDr. László Kákosy was a Hungarian Egyptologist, a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences...
(Hungarian, 1932–2003) - Ahmed Kamal (Egyptian, 1851–1923)
- Frank Kammerzell (German, * 1961)
- Olaf Kaper (Dutch)
- Peter Kaplony (Swiss, born Hungarian, * 1933)
- Ursula Kaplony-Heckel (German, * 1924)
- Khaled M Ghanem(Egyptian)
- Ernst Kausen (German, * 1948)
- Hermann Kees (German, 1886–1964)
- Barry Kemp (British)
- Jean Kérisel (French)
- Dieter Kessler
- Andre Kettner
- Athanasius KircherAthanasius KircherAthanasius Kircher was a 17th century German Jesuit scholar who published around 40 works, most notably in the fields of oriental studies, geology, and medicine...
(German, 1602–1680) - Hannelore Kischkewitz (German)
- Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (British, * 1932)
- Adolf Klasens (Dutch, 1917–1998)
- Juri Walentinowitsch Knorosow (Russian, 1922–1999)
- Yvan Koenig (French)
- Kondō JirōJiro Kondois a Japanese Egyptologist, and has worked in tombs KVA and KV22 in the Valley of the Kings and with ARTP. He is a Professor of Archaeology at Waseda University, Tokyo.-References:...
(Japanese, * 1951) - Wolfgang KosackWolfgang KosackWolfgang Kosack is a German Egyptologist and author. He is one of the world's leading Coptic scholars. He is an expert in the translation of the ancient Coptic language; he lives and works in Berlin, Germany.-Works:...
(German, * 1943) - Martin Walter Krause (German, * 1930)
- Renate Krauspe (German, * 1939)
- Rolf Krauss (German)
- Dieter Kurth
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- Audran Labrousse (French)
- Pierre LacauPierre LacauPierre Lacau was a French Egyptologist and philologist. He served as Egypt's director of antiquities from 1914 until 1936, and oversaw the 1922 discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings by Howard Carter.-Early life:Pierre Lacau was born in the French commune of...
(French) - Claire Laloette (French)
- Jean-Philippe LauerJean-Philippe LauerJean-Philippe Lauer , was a French architect and Egyptologist.He was born in Paris, France and originally studied architecture, but in 1926 he went to Egypt. Here he met and married Marguerite Jouguet....
(French, 1902–2001) - Jean LeclantJean LeclantJean Leclant was a renowned Egyptologist who was an Honorary Professor at the College of France, Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Inscriptions and Letters of the Institut de France, and Honorary Secretary of the ....
(French) - Mark LehnerMark LehnerMark Lehner PhD is an American archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience excavating in Egypt. His approach, as director of Ancient Egypt Research Associates , is to conduct interdisciplinary archaeological investigation. Every excavated object is examined by specialists to create an...
(American) - Christian Leitz (German)
- Charles LenormantCharles LenormantCharles Lenormant was a French archaeologist.After pursuing his studies at the Lycée Charlemagne and the Lycée Napoléon, he took up law, but a visit to Italy and Sicily made him an enthusiastic archaeologist...
(French) - Karl Richard LepsiusKarl Richard LepsiusKarl Richard Lepsius was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist and linguist and pioneer of modern archaeology.-Background:...
(German, 1810–1884) - Alexandra von Lieven (German, * 1974)
- Alan B. Lloyd
- Christian E. Loeben
- Angelika Lohwasser (Austrian, * 1967)
- Antonio Loprieno (Italian, * 1955)
- Victor LoretVictor LoretVictor Clement Georges Philippe Loret was a French Egyptologist.-Biography:Loret studied with Gaston Maspero at the École des Hautes Études. In 1897 he became the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. In March 1898, he discovered KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings...
(French, 1859–1946) - Erich Lüddeckens (German, 1913–2004)
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- Christine El Mahdy/Christine Hobson (British, May 1950–February 2008)
- Jaromir Malek
- Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (French, 1821–1881)
- Eva Martin-Pardey
- Gaston MasperoGaston MasperoGaston Camille Charles Maspero was a French Egyptologist.-Life:Gaston Maspero was born in Paris to parents of Lombard origin. While at school he showed a special taste for history, and by the age of fourteen he was already interested in hieroglyphic writing...
(French, 1846–1916) - Bernard Mathieu (French)
- Bernadette Menu (French)
- Herman De Meulenaere (Belgian, 1923-2011)
- Kazimierz Michałowski (Pole, 1901–1981)
- Beatrix Midant-Reynes (French)
- Pierre MontetPierre MontetPierre Montet was a respected French Egyptologist.-Biography:Montet first began his studies under Victor Loret at the University of Lyon....
(French, 1885–1966) - Ludwig D. MorenzLudwig D. MorenzLudwig D. Morenz is German privatdozent in Egyptology at the University of Leipzig. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Leipzig and Habilitation from the University of Tübingen...
(German, *1965) - Siegfried Morenz (German, 1914–1970)
- Alexandre Moret
- Jacques Jean Marie de Morgan (French, 1857–1924)
- Tycho Mrsich (German, * 1925)
- Irmtraut Munro (German, * 1944)
- Peter Munro (German, 1930-2009)
- Margaret Alice Murray (Anglo-Indian, 1863-1963)
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- Claudia Näser (German)
- Edouard NavilleÉdouard NavilleCaptaine Henri Édouard Naville was a Swiss egyptologist.He was born in Geneva. He studied in London, Paris and Berlin ....
(Swiss, 1844–1926) - Christiane Desroches NoblecourtChristiane Desroches NoblecourtChristiane Desroches Noblecourt was a French Egyptologist. She was the author of many books on Egyptian art and history and was also known for her role in the preservation of the Nubian temples from flooding caused by the Aswan Dam.-Background:She was born Christiane Desroches on November 17...
(French, 1913-2011) - Abdel Halim Nur el-Din (Egyptian)
- Atif Naguib (Egypt, 1959)
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- Laure Pantalacci (French)
- John Shae PerringJohn Shae PerringJohn Shae Perring was a British engineer, anthropologist and Egyptologist, most notable for his work excavating and documenting Egyptian pyramids...
(British, 1813–1869) - William Flinders Petrie (British, 1853–1942)
- Patrizia Piacentini (Italian)
- André Pochan (French)
- Günter Poethke (German, * 1939)
- Daniel Polz (German, * 1957)
- Georges Posener (French, 1906–1988)
- Karl-Heinz Priese (German, * 1935)
- Edgar Pusch (German)
- khaled ghanem (Egyptian)
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- Joachim Friedrich Quack (German, * 1966)
- Jan Quaegebeur (Belgian, 1943-1995)
- James Edward Quibell (British, 1867–1935)
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- Ali Radwan (Egyptian)
- Hermann Ranke (German, 1878–1953)
- Maarten RavenMaarten RavenDr. Maarten J. Raven is an Dutch Egyptologist.Raven is the curator of the department of Egyptology at the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. In addition to his work at the museum, he has been active as an archeologist in Saqqara since 1975...
(Dutch) - John D. RayJohn D. RayProfessor John D. Ray is the current Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge. His principal field of interest covers the Late and Hellenistic periods of Egypt, with special reference to documents in the demotic script, and he is also known for deciphering the...
(British) - Daniel von Recklinghausen (German)
- Donald B. RedfordDonald B. RedfordDonald B. Redford is a Canadian Egyptologist and archaeologist, currently Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University. He is married to Susan Redford, who is also an Egyptologist currently teaching classes at the university...
- Nicholas ReevesNicholas ReevesCarl Nicholas Reeves is an English Egyptologist best known for his archaeological work in and writings on the Valley of the Kings. He is currently Sylvan C...
(English, * 1956) - Walter-Friedrich Reineke (German, * 1936)
- Elfriede Reiser-Haslauer (Austrian, * 1941)
- George Andrew Reisner (American, 1867–1942)
- Peter le Page RenoufPeter le Page RenoufSir Peter le Page Renouf , Egyptologist, was born in Guernsey.He was educated at Elizabeth College there, and proceeded to Oxford, which, upon his becoming a Roman Catholic, under the influence of John Henry Newman, he quit without taking a degree as he was unable to subscribe to the Thirty Nine...
(English, 1822–1897) - Eugène Revillout (French, 1843–1913)
- Alessandro Ricci (Italian, ?-1834)
- Tonio Sebastian Richter (* 1967)
- Alessandro Roccati (Italian)
- Mieczyslaw D. Rodziewcz
- Günther Roeder (German, 1881–1966)
- David RohlDavid RohlNew Chronology is the term used to describe an alternative Chronology of the ancient Near East developed by English Egyptologist David Rohl and other researchers beginning with A Test of Time: The Bible - from Myth to History in 1995...
(British, * 1950) - Vincent Rondot (French)
- Ippolito RoselliniIppolito RoselliniIppolito Rosellini was an Italian Egyptologist.-Early life:He was born at Pisa. After graduating in theology, he studied under Mezzofanti at Bologna, and in 1824 became professor of oriental languages at Pisa University.-Association with Jean-François Champollion:He was the first disciple, a...
(Italian, 1800–1843) - Emmanuel de Rougé (French)
- Gerhard Rühlmann (German, * 1930)
- Erwin M. Ruprechtsberger (Austrian)
- Donald P. RyanDonald P. RyanDr. Donald P. Ryan is an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, writer and a member of the Division of Humanities at Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington. His areas of research interest include Egyptian archaeology, Polynesian archaeology, the history of archaeology, the history of...
(American) - Kim RyholtKim RyholtKim S B Ryholt is a Danish Egyptologist, who works at the Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Copenhagen....
(American/Danish, *1970)
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- Mohammed Saleh
- Henry Salt (Brite, 1780–1827)
- Helmut SatzingerHelmut SatzingerHelmut Satzinger is an Austrian Egyptologist and Coptologist. He studied Egyptology, Arabic Philology and African Languages at the University of Vienna and, for 1 year, at Cairo University...
(Austrian, * 1938) - Serge SauneronSerge SauneronSerge Sauneron was a French Egyptologist. He was Director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale from 1969 to 1976. Notable publications include his work on the Priests of Ancient Egypt, entitled, Les prêtres de l'ancienne Égypte and Les songes et leur interprétation, published in 2...
(French, 1927–1976) - Claude-Étienne SavaryClaude-Étienne SavaryClaude-Étienne Savary was an orientalist, pioneer of Egyptology and translator of the Qur'an....
(French, 1750–1788) - Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (Swedish, 1914–1998)
- Otto SchadenOtto SchadenOtto J. Schaden is an American Egyptologist. He is currently the Field Director of the Amenmesse Tomb Project of the University of Memphis . In addition to his ongoing work on the tomb of Amenmesse in the main arm of the Valley of the Kings, he has also cleared and reinvestigated tombs WV23, WV24,...
(American) - Hans Heinrich SchaederHans Heinrich SchaederHans Heinrich Schaeder was a German orientalist and Iranologist. He was a professor at University of Berlin , and University of Göttingen . His wide-ranging studies included various aspects of religions and history of pre-Islamic Iran...
(German, 1896–1957) - Heinrich Schäfer (German, 1868–1957)
- Wolfgang Schenkel
- Ernesto SchiaparelliErnesto SchiaparelliErnesto Schiaparelli was an Italian Egyptologist, born in Occhieppo Inferiore , who found Queen Nefertari's tomb in Deir el-Medina in the Valley of the Queens and excavated the TT8 tomb of the royal architect Kha , found intact and displayed in toto in Turin...
(Italian, 1856–1928) - Hermann A. Schlögl
- Thomas Schneider (Swiss, * 1964)
- Piotr O. Scholz
- Sylvia Schoske
- Siegfried Schott (German, 1897–1971)
- Regine Schulz
- Adelheid Schwab-Schlott
- Isha Schwaller de Lubicz (French, 1885–1963)
- René Schwaller de Lubicz (French, 1887–1961)
- Girolamo SegatoGirolamo SegatoGirolamo Segato was an Italian naturalist, cartographer, Egyptologist, and anatomist. He is perhaps best known for his work in the artificial petrifaction of human cadavers...
(Italian, 1792–1836) - Matthias Seidel (German)
- Stephan Johannes Seidlmayer (German, * 1957)
- Wilfried Seipel (Austrian, * 1944)
- Kurt Sethe (German, 1869–1934)
- Gustav SeyffarthGustav SeyffarthGustav Seyffarth was a German-American Egyptologist, born at Uebigan in Saxony. He studied at the University of Leipzig and under Campolion in Paris in 1820. He became professor of philosophy at Leipzig in 1825 and professor of archæology in 1829...
(German, 1796–1885) - Friederike Seyfried (German, * 1960)
- Ian Shaw (British, * 1961)
- Roberta L. Shaw (Canadian, * 1958)
- Abdel Ghaffar Shedid (Egyptian)
- Hanan Shirun
- Alberto Siliotti (Italian, * 1950)
- William Kelly SimpsonWilliam Kelly SimpsonWilliam Kelly Simpson is an American professor emeritus of Egyptology, Archaeology, Ancient Egyptian literature, and Afro-Asiatic languages at Yale University....
(American) - Edwin SmithEdwin Smith (Egyptologist)Edwin Smith was an American dealer and collector of antiquities who gave his name to an Ancient Egyptian medical papyrus, the Edwin Smith Papyrus....
(British, 1822–1906) - Grafton Elliot SmithGrafton Elliot SmithSir Grafton Elliot Smith, FRS FRCP was an Australian anatomist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory.-Professional career:Smith was born in Grafton, New South Wales...
(Australian, 1871–1937) - Jeffrey Spencer (British)
- Neal Spencer (British)
- Joachim Spiegel (* 1911)
- Wilhelm Spiegelberg (German, 1870–1930)
- Rainer StadelmannRainer StadelmannDr. Rainer Stadelmann is a German Egyptologist. He is considered an expert of the Giza Plateau.After studying in Neuburg an der Donau in 1953, he studied Egyptology, Orientalism and Archeology at the University of Munich. He participated in 1955 and 1956 in the excavations of the Userkaf Solar...
(German, * 1933) - Martin Stadler (German, * 1973)
- Elisabeth Staehelin (Swiss)
- Danijela StefanovicDanijela StefanovićDr. Danijela Stefanović, Asst. Prof. is a faculty member in the University of Belgrade, specializing in the history of ancient Egypt and Greece.She is the author of:...
(Serbian, * 1973) - Georg SteindorffGeorg SteindorffGeorg Steindorff was a German Egyptologist.-Life:Georg Steindorff was a graduate of the Egyptology seminars of the University of Göttingen. He earned a doctorate in 1884 with a linguistic dissertation on Coptic noun forms...
(German, 1861–1951) - Ludwig Stern (German, 1846–1911)
- Heike Sternberg-el Hotabi (German, * 1955)
- Hanns Stock (German, 1908–1966)
- Magdalena Stoof (German, * 1951)
- Wassili Wassiljewitsch Struwe (Russian, 1889–1965)
- Nabil Swelim (Egyptian)
- Lothar Störk
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- Mahmoud Maher TahaMahmoud Maher TahaMahmoud Maher Taha Mahmoud Maher Taha Mahmoud Maher Taha (Arabic: محمود ماهر طه (born 21 December 1942, in Cairo, Egypt) is an Egyptian Egyptologist.Taha obtained his B.A. in Egyptology from Cairo University (Department of Archeology) in 1963 and completed his Doctorate in the same field at the...
(Egyptian, * 1942) - Pierre Tallet (French, * 1966))
- Rolf Tanner (* 1925)
- Roland Tefnin (Belgian, 1945–2006)
- Aristide Theodorides
- Heinz-Joseph Thissen
- Elizabeth ThomasElizabeth Thomas (Egyptologist)Elizabeth Thomas was an American Egyptologist.She worked in the Theban Necropolis, near Luxor, recording and publishing tombs in the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens....
(American, 1907-1986) - Herbert Thompson (British, 1859–1944)
- Geoffrey Thorndike
- Francesco Tiradritti (Italian)
- Eduardo Toda y Güell (Spanish 1855–1941)
- László Török (Hungarian, * 1941)
- Claude Traunecker (French)
- Bruce TriggerBruce TriggerBruce Graham Trigger, was a Canadian archaeologist, anthropologist, and ethnohistorian.Born in Preston, Ontario, he received a doctorate in archaeology from Yale University in 1964. His research interests at that time included the history of archaeological research and the comparative study of...
(Canadian, 1937–2006) - Boris Alexandrowitsch Turajew (Russian, 1858–1920)
- Christian Tutundjian de Vartavan (Armenian, 1965-)
- Joyce TyldesleyJoyce TyldesleyJoyce Tyldesley is a British archaeologist and Egyptologist, academic, writer and broadcaster.Tyldesley was born in Bolton, Lancashire and attended Bolton School. In 1981, she earned a first-class honours degree in archaeology from Liverpool University, and a doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology...
(British, * 1960)
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- Dominique Valbelle (French)
- Michel Valloggia (Swiss, * 1942)
- Baudouin Van de Walle (Belgian, 1901–1988)
- Claude Vandersleyen (Belgian, * 1927)
- Jacques Vandier (French, 1904–1973)
- Erik van Oosten (Dutch, 1867-1939)
- Jeanne Marie Thérèse Vandier d'Abbadie (French, 1899–1977)
- Alexandre VarilleAlexandre VarilleAlexandre Varille was a French Egyptologist.-Life:From a cultured family, he studied Economics and Letters. During his studies he met Victor Loret, his Egyptology professor at the University of Lyon, and followed him in his devotion to Egyptian philology and archaeology...
(French, 1909–1951) - Herman te Velde (Dutch, * 1932)
- Jean VercoutterJean VercoutterJean Vercoutter was a French Egyptologist. One of the pioneers of archaeological research into Sudan from 1953, he was Director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale from 1977 to 1981....
(French, * 1911) - Jozef VergoteJozef VergoteJozef Antoon Leo Maria Vergote was a Flemish Egyptologist and Coptologist. He was born on 16 March 1910 in Gent, Belgium. He received his doctorate degree in classical philology and oriental languages in 1932 from the Catholic University of Leuven...
(Belgian, 1910–1992) - Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen (German)
- Miroslav VernerMiroslav VernerProf. Dr. Miroslav Verner, DrSc. is a Czech Egyptologist, who specializes in the history and archaeology of Ancient Egypt of the Old Kingdom....
(Czech, * 1941) - Pascal Vernus (French)
- Milada Vilimková (Czech)
- Édouard de Villiers du TerrageÉdouard de Villiers du TerrageÉdouard de Villiers du Terrage was a French engineer who together with Jean-Baptiste Prosper Jollois journeyed with Napoleon to Egypt, and prepared the Description de l'Égypte....
(French, 1780–1855) - Günter Vittmann (Austrian, * 1952)
- Sven P. Vleeming (Dutch)
- Richard William Howard VyseRichard William Howard VyseMajor-General Sir Richard William Howard Vyse, KCMG was a British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament for Beverley and Honiton .-Family life:...
(British, 1784–1853)
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- Kent Weeks (American, * 1941)
- Arthur WeigallArthur WeigallArthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall was an English Egyptologist, stage designer, journalist and author whose works span the whole range from histories of Ancient Egypt through historical biographies, guide-books, popular novels, screenplays and lyrics.- Biography :Arthur Weigall was born in the...
(Brite, 1880–1934) - Raymond Weill (French, 1874–1950)
- Josef W. WegnerJosef W. WegnerJosef William Wegner is an American Egyptologist and Associate Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained his doctorate in Egyptology. He is noted for his continued research at Abydos, Egypt...
(American, * 1967) - Derek A. Welsby (Brite, * 1956)
- Fred WendorfFred WendorfFred Wendorf is Henderson-Morrison Professor of Anthropology at Southern Methodist University. He received his Ph.D. in 1953 from Harvard University, and founded the anthropology department at SMU along with founding the Fort Burgwin Research Center in Taos, New Mexico.Dr...
(American, * 1925) - Steffen Wenig (German, * 1934)
- Edward Frank Wente (American, * 1930)
- Gabriele Wenzel (German)
- Vilmos Wessetzky
- Wolfhart Westendorf (German, * 1924)
- Wolfgang Wettengel
- Alfred Wiedemann (German, 1856–1936)
- Charles Edwin WilbourCharles Edwin WilbourCharles Edwin Wilbour was an American journalist and Egyptologist. He was one of the discoverers of the Elephantine Papyri. He produced the first American translation of Les Misérables.-Biography:...
(American, 1833–1896) - Henri Wild
- Dietrich Wildung (German, * 1941)
- John Gardner WilkinsonJohn Gardner WilkinsonSir John Gardner Wilkinson was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".-Childhood and education:...
(Brite, 1797–1875) - Richard H. WilkinsonRichard H. WilkinsonRichard H. Wilkinson is an archaeologist in the field of Egyptology. He is Regents Professor of Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Arizona and Director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition...
(American) - Toby A. H. Wilkinson (Brite, * 1969)
- Harco Willems (Dutch)
- Stefan Wimmer (German, * 1963)
- Herbert E. WinlockHerbert E. WinlockHerbert Eustis Winlock was an American Egyptologist employed with the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his entire Egyptological career...
(American, 1884–1950) - Erich Winter (Austrian, * 1928)
- Irmgard Woldering (German, 1919–1969)
- Pawel Wolf (German, * 1958)
- Walther Wolf (German, 1900–1973)
- Walter WreszinskiWalter WreszinskiWalter Wreszinski was a German Egyptologist and professor at Albertus University of Königsberg.-Education:...
(German, 1880–1935)
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- Yoshimura SakujiSakuji Yoshimurais a Japanese Egyptologist. He currently is Director of the Institute of Egyptology, Waseda University, TokyoHe is the first president of an online college Cyber University.-References:...
(Japanese, * 1943) - Jean Yoyotte (French, 1927–2009)
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- Zbyněk ŽábaZbynek ŽábaZbyněk Žába was a Czechoslovakian Egyptologist. In 1945 he commenced his studies on the subject and in 1949 he became an assistant to František Lexa...
(Czech) - Louis Vico ZabkarLouis Vico ZabkarLouis Vico Žabkar was an Egyptologist who published a number of academic works. Born in Dalmatia, he received his Ph.D. in 1958 from the University of Chicago. After teaching in the history department of Loyola University Chicago he became Professor of Egyptology at Brandeis University where he...
(1914–1994) - Hilde ZaloscerHilde ZaloscerProf. Dr. Hilde Zaloscer was an art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art.-Biography:...
(Austrian, † 1999) - Karl-Theodor Zauzich (German, * 1939)
- Christiane ZieglerChristiane ZieglerChristiane Ziegler , is a French Egyptologist, curator, director emeritus of the Department of Egyptian Antiquities of the Louvre Museum and editorial director of the archaeological mission from the Louvre Museum at Saqqara, Egypt.-Early years:Ziegler was a student at the Institut de Science...
(French, * 1942) - Christiane Zivie-Coche (French, * 1946)
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- Dhul-Nun al-MisriDhul-Nun al-MisriDhul-Nun al-Misri was an Egyptian Sufi saint. He was considered the Patron Saint of the Physicians in the early Islamic era of Egypt, and is credited with having specialized the concept of Gnosis in Islam...
(796–859) - Ibn Abd-el-HakemIbn Abd-el-HakemIbn ʿAbd al-Ḥakam was an Egyptian chronicler who wrote the History of the Conquest of Egypt and North Africa and Spain.His work is invaluable as the earliest Arab account of the Islamic conquests of those countries. This work was written about 150-200 years after the events it describes, and...
(d. 871) - Ibn WahshiyyaIbn WahshiyyaIbn Wahshiyya was an Iraqi alchemist, agriculturalist, farm toxicologist, egyptologist and historian born at Qusayn near Kufa in Iraq.Ibn Wahshiyya was one of the first historians to be able to at least partly decipher what was written in the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, by relating them to the...
(9th–10th century) - Muhammad al-IdrisiMuhammad al-IdrisiAbu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply Al Idrisi was a Moroccan Muslim geographer, cartographer, Egyptologist and traveller who lived in Sicily, at the court of King Roger II. Muhammed al-Idrisi was born in Ceuta then belonging to the Almoravid Empire and died in...
(1100–1166) - Abd–al Latif al–Baghdadi (1162–1231)
- Al-MaqriziAl-MaqriziTaqi al-Din Ahmad ibn 'Ali ibn 'Abd al-Qadir ibn Muhammad al-Maqrizi ; Arabic: , was an Egyptian historian more commonly known as al-Maqrizi or Makrizi...
(1364–1442) - Jan PotockiJan PotockiCount Jan Nepomucen Potocki was a Polish nobleman, Polish Army Captain of Engineers, ethnologist, Egyptologist, linguist, traveler, adventurer and popular author of the Enlightenment period, whose life and exploits made him a legendary figure in his homeland...
(1761–1815) - Giovanni Battista BelzoniGiovanni Battista BelzoniGiovanni Battista Belzoni , sometimes known as The Great Belzoni, was a prolific Venetian explorer of Egyptian antiquities.-Early life:...
(1778–1823) - Henry SaltHenry Salt (Egyptologist)Henry Salt was an English artist, traveller, diplomat, and Egyptologist.-Biography:Salt, the son of a physician, was born in Lichfield. He trained as a portrait painter, first in Lichfield and then in London under Joseph Farington and John Hoppner. In 1802 he was appointed secretary and...
(1780–1827) - James Burton (Egyptologist)James Burton (Egyptologist)James Burton , formerly James Haliburton, was an early British Egyptologist, who worked at a number of sites throughout Egypt, but notably in the Valley of the Kings.-Life:...
(1788–1862) - Jean-François ChampollionJean-François ChampollionJean-François Champollion was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist, decipherer of the Egyptian hieroglyphs....
(1790–1832) - Joseph BonomiJoseph Bonomi the YoungerJoseph Bonomi the Younger was an English sculptor, artist, Egyptologist and museum curator.-Early life:Bonomi was born in London into a family of architects...
(1796–1878) - John Gardner WilkinsonJohn Gardner WilkinsonSir John Gardner Wilkinson was an English traveller, writer and pioneer Egyptologist of the 19th century. He is often referred to as "the Father of British Egyptology".-Childhood and education:...
(1797–1875) - Theodule DeveriaTheodule DeveriaTheodule Deveria was a prominent French Egyptologist who lived in the 19th century.-Background and contribution to Egyptology:...
(19th century) - Edward William LaneEdward William LaneEdward William Lane was a British Orientalist, translator and lexicographer....
(1801–1876) - Karl Richard LepsiusKarl Richard LepsiusKarl Richard Lepsius was a pioneering Prussian Egyptologist and linguist and pioneer of modern archaeology.-Background:...
(1810–1884) - Auguste MarietteAuguste MarietteFrançois Auguste Ferdinand Mariette was a French scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist, the designer of the rebuilt Egyptian Museum under Maximilian of Austria orders when the later had gained control of the artifacts collected to that point.-Early career:Born at Boulogne-sur-Mer, Mariette...
(1821–1881) - Gerald MasseyGerald MasseyGerald Massey was an English poet and self-educated Egyptologist. He was born near Tring, Hertfordshire in England.-Biography:...
(1828–1907) - Michał TyszkiewiczMichal TyszkiewiczMichał Tyszkiewicz was a Polish-Lithuanian collector of antiques and amateur Egyptologist, member of the once powerful Tyszkiewicz noble family....
(1828–1897) - Gaston MasperoGaston MasperoGaston Camille Charles Maspero was a French Egyptologist.-Life:Gaston Maspero was born in Paris to parents of Lombard origin. While at school he showed a special taste for history, and by the age of fourteen he was already interested in hieroglyphic writing...
(1846–1916) - Édouard NavilleÉdouard NavilleCaptaine Henri Édouard Naville was a Swiss egyptologist.He was born in Geneva. He studied in London, Paris and Berlin ....
(1844–1926) - Émile AmélineauÉmile AmélineauÉmile Amélineau was a French Coptologist, archaeologist and Egyptologist. His scholarly reputation was established as an editor of previously unpublished Coptic texts...
(1850–1915) - Victor LoretVictor LoretVictor Clement Georges Philippe Loret was a French Egyptologist.-Biography:Loret studied with Gaston Maspero at the École des Hautes Études. In 1897 he became the head of the Egyptian Antiquities Service. In March 1898, he discovered KV35, the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings...
(1859–1946) - Gustave JéquierGustave JéquierGustave Jéquier, born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1868 and died in 1946 in the same city, was an Egyptologist and one of the first archaeologists to excavate ancient Persian cities in what is now modern-day Iran...
(1868-1946) - Sir Alan GardinerAlan GardinerSir Alan Henderson Gardiner was one of the premier British Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century...
(1879–1963) - Ludwig BorchardtLudwig BorchardtLudwig Borchardt was a German Egyptologist who was born in Berlin.-Life:Borchardt initially studied Architecture and later Egyptology under Adolf Erman. In 1895 he journeyed to Cairo and produced, with Gaston Maspero, the Catalogue of the Egyptian Museum...
(1863–1938) - James Henry BreastedJames Henry BreastedJames Henry Breasted was an American archaeologist and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894, he joined the faculty of the University of Chicago. In 1901 he became director of the Haskell Oriental Museum at the University of Chicago, where he continued to...
(1865–1935) - Howard CarterHoward Carter (archaeologist)Howard Carter was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist, noted as a primary discoverer of the tomb of Tutankhamun.-Beginning of career:...
(1874–1939) - Sir William Flinders Petrie (1853–1942)
- Ernesto SchiaparelliErnesto SchiaparelliErnesto Schiaparelli was an Italian Egyptologist, born in Occhieppo Inferiore , who found Queen Nefertari's tomb in Deir el-Medina in the Valley of the Queens and excavated the TT8 tomb of the royal architect Kha , found intact and displayed in toto in Turin...
(1856–1928) - Vladimir Semyonovich GolenishchevVladimir GolenishchevVladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev was one of the first and most accomplished Russian Egyptologists.Golenishchev came from an old noble family, of which Field Marshal Kutuzov was also a member, and was educated at the Saint Petersburg University. In 1884–85 he organized and financed excavations in...
(1856–1947) - E. A. Wallis BudgeE. A. Wallis BudgeSir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge was an English Egyptologist, Orientalist, and philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient Near East.-Earlier life:...
(1857–1934) - Henry Francis Herbert ThompsonHenry Francis Herbert ThompsonHenry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet was a British Egyptologist.Henry Thompson was born in London on April 2, 1859, the son of Sir Henry Thompson, 1st Baronet. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Cambridge. After careers in law and medicine, he became interested in...
, 2nd Baronet (1859–1944) - Margaret MurrayMargaret MurrayMargaret Alice Murray was a prominent British Egyptologist and anthropologist. Primarily known for her work in Egyptology, which was "the core of her academic career," she is also known for her propagation of the Witch-cult hypothesis, the theory that the witch trials in the Early Modern period of...
(1863–1963) - James E. QuibellJames E. QuibellJames Edward Quibell was a British Egyptologist, born in Newport, Shropshire.He was educated at Adams' Grammar School and Christ Church, Oxford...
(1867–1935) - Boris TurayevBoris TurayevBoris Alexandrovich Turayev was a Russian scholar who studied the Ancient Near East . He was admitted into the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1918....
(1868–1920) - Herbert E. WinlockHerbert E. WinlockHerbert Eustis Winlock was an American Egyptologist employed with the Metropolitan Museum of Art during his entire Egyptological career...
(1884–1950) - Pierre MontetPierre MontetPierre Montet was a respected French Egyptologist.-Biography:Montet first began his studies under Victor Loret at the University of Lyon....
(1885–1966) - Selim HassanSelim HassanSelim Hassan was an Egyptian Egyptologist. He wrote the 16-volume Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt in Arabic and supervised the excavation of many ancient Egyptian tombs under the auspices of Cairo University.-Giza:...
(1886–1961) - René A. Schwaller de LubiczR. A. Schwaller de LubiczRené Adolphe Schwaller de Lubicz , born in Alsace-Lorraine, was best known for his 15-year study of the art and architecture of the Temple of Luxor in Egypt and his subsequent book The Temple of Man...
(1887–1961) - Natacha RambovaNatacha RambovaNatacha Rambova was an American silent film costume and set designer, artistic director, screenwriter, producer and occasional actress. Later in life she worked as a mildly successful fashion designer and Egyptologist....
(1897–1966) - Cyril AldredCyril AldredCyril Aldred was a British Egyptologist, art historian and author.-Early life:Cyril Aldred was born in Fulham, London, the son of Frederick Aldred and Lilian Ethel Underwood the 6th of 7 children .Aldred attended Sloane School, in Chelsea, and studied English at King's College London, and then...
(1894–1991) - Raymond O. FaulknerRaymond O. FaulknerDr Raymond Oliver Faulkner, FSA, was an English Egyptologist and philologist of the ancient Egyptian language....
(1894–1982) - Henri FrankfortHenri FrankfortHenri 'Hans' Frankfort was a Dutch Egyptologist, archaeologist and orientalist.-Biography:Born in Amsterdam, Frankfort studied history at the University of Amsterdam and then moved to London, where in 1924, he took an MA under Sir Flinders Petrie at the University College. In 1927 he gained a...
(1897–1954) - Jaroslav ČernýJaroslav Cerný (Egyptologist)-Biography:Jaroslav Černý was born on 22 August 1898 in Pilsen in Austro-Hungary. He studied from 1917 till 1922 at the Charles University in Prague, where he received his doctorate in 1929. He took part in Bernard Bruyère's excavations at Deir el-Medina in 1925 and the village became the focus of...
(1898–1970) - John A. WilsonJohn A. Wilson (Egyptologist)John Albert Wilson was an American Egyptologist who was the Andrew MacLeish Distinguished Service Professor at the University of Chicago....
(1899–1976) - Kazimierz Michałowski (1901–1981)
- Walter Bryan Emery (1903–1971)
- Hilde ZaloscerHilde ZaloscerProf. Dr. Hilde Zaloscer was an art historian, Egyptologist, Coptologist, essayist, novelist and a prominent expert of Coptic history and art.-Biography:...
(1903–1999) - Richard Anthony ParkerRichard Anthony ParkerRichard Anthony Parker was a prominent Egyptologist and professor of Egyptology. Originally from Chicago, he attended Mt. Carmel High School with acclaimed author James T. Farrell. He received an A.B. from Dartmouth College in 1930, and a Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago in 1938...
(1905–1993) - Hans Jakob PolotskyHans Jakob PolotskyHans Jakob Polotsky was an Israeli orientalist, linguist, and professor for Semitic languages and Egyptology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.- Biography :...
(1905–1991) - Paul GhaliounguiPaul GhaliounguiPaul Ghalioungui or Ghalioungi , MD , MRCP , Professor of Medicine and former Chairman of Internal Medicine department, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University...
(1908–1987) - I. E. S. Edwards (1909–1996)
- Charles AllberryCharles AllberryCharles Robert Cecil Augustine Allberry was an English Egyptologist and Coptic scholar. A friend of novelist CP Snow, Allberry was the model for Roy Calvert in Snow's novel, The Light and the Dark....
(1911–1943) - Louis Vico ZabkarLouis Vico ZabkarLouis Vico Žabkar was an Egyptologist who published a number of academic works. Born in Dalmatia, he received his Ph.D. in 1958 from the University of Chicago. After teaching in the history department of Loyola University Chicago he became Professor of Egyptology at Brandeis University where he...
(1914–1994) - Miriam LichtheimMiriam LichtheimMiriam Lichtheim was a translator of ancient Egyptian texts whose translations are still widely used.-Biography:In the 1930s she studied under Hans Jakob Polotsky at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem...
(1914–2004) - Tadeusz AndrzejewskiTadeusz AndrzejewskiTadeusz Andrzejewski was a Polish archeologist and Egyptologist.-Life:Andrzejewski was born in Łódź. After leaving school, he joined the staff of the Warsaw National Museum in the 1940s, and was appointed to a post in University of Warsaw, 1951....
(1923–1961) - Sarah Israelit GrollSarah Israelit GrollSarah Israelit Groll was in Israeli Egyptologist.Sarah Groll was born 1925 in Tel Aviv, Israel. She studied at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, under Hans Jakob Polotsky, and at Oxford she studied Ramesside texts under Jaroslav Černý. She published her doctoral thesis On the problem of negative...
(1925–2007) - Nicholas MilletNicholas MilletDr. Nicholas Byram Millet was an Egyptologist affiliated with the Royal Ontario Museum and the University of Toronto. An archaeologist, art historian, linguist, museum curator, administrator, and celebrated teacher, Millet was able to make great strides in the daunting task of translating the lost...
(1934–2004) - Michael A. HoffmanMichael A. HoffmanMichael Allen Hoffman, Ph.D. was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and author.Michael A. Hoffman was born in Washington D.C. on October 14, 1944 and was raised in Virginia although he spent a lot of vacation time in Ohio. In 1966, he graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. He...
(1944–1990)
Fictional
- Emily Sands (Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of OsirisEgyptology: Search for the Tomb of OsirisEgyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris is a fiction book created and published in the UK by Templar Publishing and published by Candlewick Press in America in 2004. The book is supposedly a journal of Emily Sands, an Egyptologist who, with a team, is trying to find the tomb of Osiris...
) - Sophocles Sarcophagus (The Adventures of TintinThe Adventures of TintinThe Adventures of Tintin is a series of classic comic books created by Belgian artist , who wrote under the pen name of Hergé...
) - Daniel Jackson (StargateStargate (film)Stargate is a 1994 American adventure-military science fiction film released through Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Carolco Pictures. Created by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, the film is the first release in the Stargate franchise...
, Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1Stargate SG-1 is a Canadian-American adventure and military science fiction television series and part of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Stargate franchise. The show, created by Brad Wright and Jonathan Glassner, is based on the 1994 feature film Stargate by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich...
) - Evelyn Carnahan (The Mummy (1999 film)The Mummy (1999 film)The Mummy is a 1999 American adventure film written and directed by Stephen Sommers and starring Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, John Hannah and Kevin J. O'Connor, with Arnold Vosloo in the title role as the reanimated mummy. The film features substantial dialogue in ancient Egyptian language, spoken...
) - Sarah Page (PrimevalPrimevalPrimeval or primæval may refer to:* Primeval, a British science fiction television series.* Primeval , a 2007 film* Primeval , a score of music from the BBC TV series Doctor Who...
) - Lara CroftLara CroftLara Croft is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Square Enix video game series Tomb Raider. She is presented as a beautiful, intelligent, and athletic British archaeologist-adventurer who ventures into ancient, hazardous tombs and ruins around the world...
(Tomb RaiderTomb RaiderTomb Raider is an action-adventure video game developed by Core Design and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1996 for the Sega Saturn, with MS-DOS and PlayStation versions following shortly thereafter...
) - Lawrence Sratford (The Mummy, or Ramses the DamnedThe Mummy (novel)The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned, is a 1989 standalone historical-horror novel by Anne Rice. Taking place during the early twentieth century, it follows the collision between a British archeologist's family and a resurrected mummy...
) - Amelia P. Emerson and the Emerson Family (Crocodile on the SandbankCrocodile on the SandbankCrocodile on the Sandbank is a novel by Elizabeth Peters, first published in 1975. It is the first in the Amelia Peabody series of novels and takes place in 1884-1885 .-Plot summary:...
) - Indiana JonesIndiana JonesColonel Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, Jr., Ph.D. is a fictional character and the protagonist of the Indiana Jones franchise. George Lucas and Steven Spielberg created the character in homage to the action heroes of 1930s film serials...
(Raiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost ArkRaiders of the Lost Ark is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg, produced by George Lucas, and starring Harrison Ford. It is the first film in the Indiana Jones franchise...
) - Theo Cotter (The 39 Clues: Beyond The Grave)
- Ralph M. Trilipush (The Egyptologist)
- Joseph Whemple, Francis "Frank" Whemple, Mueller of Vienna (The MummyThe Mummy (1932 film)The Mummy is a 1932 horror film from Universal Studios directed by Karl Freund and starring Boris Karloff as a revived ancient Egyptian priest. The movie also features Zita Johann, David Manners and Edward Van Sloan...
) - The various Banning families (Several Mummy films)
See also
- List of French Egyptologists
- Categories: Egyptian Egyptologists, Austrian Egyptologists, English Egyptologists, Canadian Egyptologists, American Egyptologists, Australian Egyptologists, Dutch Egyptologists, British Egyptologists, Belgian Egyptologists, Polish Egyptologists, Prussian Egyptologists, Scottish Egyptologists, Czech Egyptologists