English

Alternative forms

• egyptologist (uncommon)

Noun

Egyptologist ‎(plural Egyptologists)

1. A person; one who is skilled in or professes or practices Egyptology.

See also

• List of Egyptologists on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Egyptology on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Translations

English

Noun

egyptologist ‎(plural egyptologists)

1. Alternative spelling of Egyptologist
   • 1899 December 23, “Review 6”, in New York Times:

     The famous egyptologist, Prof. G. Maspero, is now having the third work of his Egyptian trilogy translated from the French by M. L. McClure

   • 1988 May 9, “ASK THE GLOBE”, in Boston Globe:

     A. Rita Freed, an egyptologist at Memphis State University in Tennessee and the person who put the extra "es" in Ramesses for the Boston exhibition,

   • 1995 November 5, “PHARONIC TOMB OPEN”, in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

     .. beautiful in the ancient burial ground of the Valley of the Queens and has been closed since its discovery by Italian egyptologist Ernesto Schiaparelli.

   • 1998 January 3, “On this day”, in CNN International:

     In 1924, Howard Carter, British egyptologist, found the sarcophagus of Tutankhamun in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor.

   • 2003 June 11, “Nefertiti's mummy 'found in Egypt'”, in BBC News:

     The egyptologists believe that she is one of three mummies discovered in a secret chamber of a tomb in Egypt's Valley of the Kings in Luxor.

   • 2005 September 3, “Tutankhamen murder mystery solved”, in ABC Online:

     According to Italian egyptologist Professor Sergio Donadoni the theories that have long surrounded Tutankhamen's death have always been produced by "picturesque legends without any scientific basis".

   • 2006 June 28, “No mummy in Valley of the Kings tomb but mystery remains whole”, in Agence France Press:

     The first tomb discovered in Luxor's Valley of the Kings did not reveal its expected mummy, but egyptologists remained bent on cracking the mystery of "KV 63."

   • 2007 August 2, “Stem cells on the ISS”, in Nature.com:

     Biomedical egyptologist Jacky Finch of the University of Manchester, UK, who is studying ancient Egyptian big toes, made of wood and leather

   • 2009 March 26, “Gates of heaven”, in Al-Ahram Weekly:

     According to egyptologist Christiane Zivie-Coche writing in the exhibition catalogue, the aim of Les Portes du ciel is to provide visitors with ....

Usage notes

This word is generally capitalized.