This is a partial list of Egyptologists. An Egyptologist is any

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of Artifact (archaeology), artifacts, architecture, biofact (archaeology), biofacts or ecofacts, ...

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 species; as well as the ...

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

, or

art historian Art history is the study of artistic works made throughout human history. Among other topics, it studies art’s formal qualities, its impact on societies and cultures, and how artistic styles have changed throughout history. Traditionally, the ...

who specializes in

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Ancient Greek, Greek , ''wiktionary:-logia, -logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian History of Egypt, history, Egyptian language, language, Ancient Egypt ...

, the scientific study of

Ancient Egypt Ancient Egypt () was a cradle of civilization concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in Northeast Africa. It emerged from prehistoric Egypt around 3150BC (according to conventional Egyptian chronology), when Upper and Lower E ...

and its

antiquities Antiquities are objects from antiquity, especially the civilizations of the Mediterranean such as the Classical antiquity of Greece and Rome, Ancient Egypt, and the other Ancient Near Eastern cultures such as Ancient Persia (Iran). Artifact ...

. Demotists are Egyptologists who specialize in the study of the

Demotic Demotic may refer to: * Demotic Greek, the modern vernacular form of the Greek language * Demotic (Egyptian), an ancient Egyptian script and version of the language * Chữ Nôm Chữ Nôm (, ) is a logographic writing system formerly used t ...

language and field of Demotic Studies. Although a practitioner of the disciplined study of

and

Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ...

ian antiquities is an "Egyptologist", the field of Egyptology is not exclusive to such practitioners.

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* Barbara G. Adams (British, 1945–2002) * Johan David Åkerblad (Swedish, 1763–1819) * Cyril Aldred (British, 1914–1991) * James Peter Allen (American, born 1945) * Maurice Alliot (French, 1903–1960) *

Hartwig Altenmüller Hartwig Altenmüller Hamburg University biography (in German) (born 1938, in Saulgau, Württemberg, Germany) is a German Egyptologist. He became professor at the Archaeological Institute of the University of Hamburg in 1971. He worked as an arc ...

(German, born 1938) *

Émile Amélineau Émile Amélineau (1850 – 12 January 1915 at Châteaudun) was a French Coptologist, archaeologist and Egyptologist. His scholarly reputation was established as an editor of previously unpublished Coptic texts. His reputation was destroyed ...

(French, 1850–1915) * Alessia Amenta (Italian) * Guillemette Andreu (French, born 1948) * Tadeusz Andrzejewski (Polish, 1923–1961) *

Jan Assmann Johann Christoph "Jan" Assmann (7 July 1938 – 19 February 2024) was a German Egyptologist, cultural historian, and religion scholar. Life and works Assmann studied Egyptology and classical archaeology in Munich, Heidelberg, Paris, and Göt ...

(German, 1938–2024) *

Éric Aubourg Éric Aubourg is a French astrophysicist at the Commissariat à l'Énergie Atomique and a member of the APC/Université Paris-Diderot Cosmology Group. Life Éric Aubourg has published several contributions to Egyptology, including a dating of ...

(French) * Sydney Hervé Aufrère (French, born 1951) * A.-C.-T.-Émile Prisse d'Avennes (French, 1807–1879) * Edward Russell Ayrton (British, 1882–1914)

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* Alexander Badawy (Egyptian, 1913–1986) * John Robert Baines (British, born 1946) * Pascale Ballet (French, born 1953) *

Émile Baraize Émile Baraize (28 August 1874 – 15 April 1952) was a French Egyptologist. Life In 1912 he succeeded Alessandro Barsanti as director of works within the Egyptian Antiquities Service. Throughout his life, he worked to restore and rebuild ...

(French, 1874–1952) * Alessandro Barsanti (Italian, 1858–1917) * Hussein Bassir (Egyptian, born 1973) * Marcelle Baud (French, 1890–1987) * Michel Baud (French, 1963–2012) * Alfred Chester Beatty (American, 1875–1968) * Nathalie Beaux-Grimal (French, born 1960) *

Jürgen von Beckerath Jürgen von Beckerath (19 February 1920 – 26 June 2016) was a German Egyptology, Egyptologist. He was a prolific writer who published countless articles in journals such as '':fr:Orientalia, Orientalia'', ''Göttinger Miszellen'' (GM), ''Journa ...

(German, 1920–2016) * Giovanni Battista Belzoni (Italian, 1778–1823) * Georges Aaron Bénédite (French 1857–1926) * Yosef Ben-Jochannan (American, 1918–2015) * Margaret Benson (English, 1865–1916) * Susanne Bickel (Swiss, born 1960) * Manfred Bietak (Austrian, born 1940) * Friedrich Wilhelm von Bissing (German, 1873–1956) * Fernand Bisson de la Roque (French, 1885–1958) * Gun Björkman (Swedish, 1935–2001) * Aylward Manley Blackman (British, 1883–1956) * C. Blankenberg-van Delden (Dutch, 1906–1994) * Edward Bleiberg (American, born 1951) * Martin Bommas (German, born 1967) * Charlotte Booth (British, born 1975) * Ludwig Borchardt (German, 1863–1938) * Käthe Bosse-Griffiths (German-British, 1910–1998) * Urbain Bouriant (French, 1849–1903) * Peter J. Brand (Canadian-American, born 1967) *

James Henry Breasted James Henry Breasted (; August 27, 1865 – December 2, 1935) was an American archaeologist, Egyptologist, and historian. After completing his PhD at the University of Berlin in 1894 – the first American to obtain a doctorate in Egyptology – ...

(American, 1865–1935) * Edda Bresciani (Italian, 1930–2020) * Bob Brier (American, born 1943) * Edwin C. Brock (American, 1946–2015) * Mary Brodrick (British, 1858–1933) * Myrtle Florence Broome (British, 1888–1978) * Émile Brugsch (German, 1842–1930) * Heinrich Karl Brugsch (German, 1827–1894) * Guy Brunton (English, 1878–1948) * Betsy Bryan (American, born 1949) *

E. A. Wallis Budge Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge (27 July 185723 November 1934) was an English Egyptology, Egyptologist, Orientalism, Orientalist, and Philology, philologist who worked for the British Museum and published numerous works on the ancient ...

(British, 1857–1934) * Harry Burton (British, 1879–1940) *

James Burton James Edward Burton (born August 21, 1939, in Dubberly, Louisiana, United States) is an American guitarist. A member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame since 2001 (his induction speech was given by longtime fan Keith Richards), Burton has also ...

(British, 1788–1862)

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* Agnès Cabrol (French, 1964–2007) * Arthur Callender (British, 1875–1936) * Amice Calverley (British-Canadian, 1896–1959) * Ricardo Caminos (Argentinian, 1916–1992) *

Jean Capart Jean Capart (February 21, 1877 – June 16, 1947) was a Belgium, Belgian Egyptologist, who is often considered the "Father of Belgian Egyptology". Biography Capart was born to Alphonse Capart, an Otorhinolaryngology, otolaryngologist, and Alid ...

(Belgian, 1877–1947) * George Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon (English, 1866–1923) *

Howard Carter Howard Carter (9 May 18742 March 1939) was a British archaeologist and Egyptology, Egyptologist who Discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, discovered Tomb of Tutankhamun, the intact tomb of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt, 18th Dynasty Pharaoh ...

(British, 1874–1939) * Giovanni Battista Caviglia (Italian, 1770–1845) * Jaroslav Černý (Czech, 1898–1970) * François Chabas (French, 1817–1882) * Jean-François Champollion (French, 1790–1832) * Émile Gaston Chassinat (French, 1868–1948) * Charles Chipiez (French, 1835–1901) * Somers Clarke (English, 1841–1926) * Jean Clédat (French, 1871–1943) * Kathlyn M. Cooney (American) * Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (French, born 1942) * Pearce Paul Creasman (American, born 1981) * Gwendolen Crewdson (British, 1872-1913) * Winifred M. Crompton (British, 1870–1932) * Silvio Curto (Italian, 1919–2015)

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* Alec Naylor Dakin (English, 1912–2003) * Alicia Daneri (Argentine, born 1942) * Georges Émile Jules Daressy (French, 1864–1938) * François Daumas (French, 1918–1984) * Françoise Dunand (French, born 1934) * Colleen Darnell (American, born 1980) *

John Coleman Darnell John Coleman Darnell (born August 1962) is an American Egyptologist. Biography Darnell attributes his interest in archaeology to his mother, who also had a lifelong interest in archaeology. He grew up in south Alabama and had a particular intere ...

(American, born 1962) * Nina de Garis Davies (American, 1881–1965) * Norman de Garis Davies (American, 1865–1941) * Theodore M. Davis (American, 1837–1915) * Théodule Devéria (French, 1831–1871) * Jacobus Van Dijk * Aidan Dodson (English, born 1962) * Sergio Donadoni (Italian, 1914–2015) * Günter Dreyer (German, 1943-2019) * Étienne Drioton (French, 1889–1961) * Bernardino Drovetti (Italian, 1776–1852) * Johannes Dümichen (German, 1833–1894)

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* Bendix Ebbell (Norwegian, 1865–1941) *

Georg Ebers Georg Moritz Ebers (1 March 1837 – 7 August 1898) was a German Egyptologist and novelist. He is best known for his purchase of the Ebers Papyrus, one of the oldest Egyptian medical documents in the world. Life Georg Ebers was born in Berl ...

(German, 1837–1898) * Dorothy Eady (English, 1904–1981) * Campbell Cowan Edgar (British, 1870–1938) *

Amelia Edwards Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards (7 June 1831 – 15 April 1892), also known as Amelia B. Edwards, was an English novelist, journalist, traveller and Egyptologist. Her literary successes included the ghost story ''The Phantom Coach'' (1864), the nov ...

(British, 1831–1892) * Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (British, 1909–1996) * August Eisenlohr (German, 1832–1902) *

Walter Bryan Emery Walter Bryan Emery, CBE, (2 July 1903 – 11 March 1971) was a British Egyptologist. His career was devoted to the excavation of archaeological sites along the Nile Valley.Archaic Egypt (bio), Walter B. Emery, Pelican Books, London, 1963. During ...

(British, 1903–1971) *

Jean-Yves Empereur Jean-Yves Empereur (; born 1952) is a French archeologist. He studied classic literature in the University Paris IV Sorbonne ( DEA, CAPES, Agrégation de lettres in 1975, Doctorat in archeology in 1977). He is a former member (since 1978) ...

(French, born 1952) * Reginald Engelbach (British, 1888–1946) * Adolf Erman (German, 1854–1937)

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* Herbert Walter Fairman (British, 1907-1982) * Raymond O. Faulkner (British 1894–1982) * Cecil Mallaby Firth (British, 1878–1931) * Henry George Fischer (American, 1923–2006) * Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (German, born 1954) *

Joann Fletcher Joann Fletcher (born 30 August 1966) is an Egyptologist and an honorary visiting professor in the department of archaeology at the University of York. She has published a number of books and academic articles, including several on Cleopatra, an ...

(British, born 1966) * Georges Foucart (French, 1865–1943) * Detlef Franke (German, 1952–2007) *

Henri Frankfort Henri "Hans" Frankfort (24 February 1897 – 16 July 1954) was a Dutch Egyptology, Egyptologist, archaeologist and orientalism, orientalist. Early life and education Born in Amsterdam, into a "Reform Judaism, liberal Jewish" family, Frankfort stud ...

(Dutch, 1897–1954) * Henning Franzmeier (German) * George Willoughby Fraser (British, 1866–1923) * Renée Friedman (American) * Elizabeth Frood (New Zealand)

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* Marc Gabolde (French, born 1957) *

Alan Gardiner Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, (29 March 1879 – 19 December 1963) was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. He is regarded as one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century. Personal li ...

(British, 1879–1963) * Jean Sainte-Fare Garnot (French, 1908–1963) *

John Garstang John Garstang (5 May 1876 – 12 September 1956) was a British archaeologist of the Ancient Near East, especially Egypt, Sudan, Anatolia and the southern Levant. He was the younger brother of Professor Walter Garstang, FRS, a marine biol ...

(British, 1876–1956) * Henri Gauthier (French, 1877–1950) * Joseph Étienne Gautier (French, 1861–1924) * John Gee (American, born 1964) * Paul Ghalioungui (Egyptian, 1908–1987) * Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville (British 1900–1956) * Orly Goldwasser (Israeli) * Vladimir Golenishchev (Russian, 1856–1947) *

Zakaria Goneim Muhammed Zakaria Goneim (زكريا غنيم) (alt. spelling: Muhammad Zakarīya Ghunaim, 1905–1959) was an Egyptian archaeologist, known for his discoveries in and around Saqqara. He is best known for discovering the Step Pyramid of Sek ...

(Egyptian, 1905–1959) *

Charles Wycliffe Goodwin Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (1817–1878) was an English Egyptologist, bible scholar, lawyer and judge. His last judicial position was as Acting Chief Judge of the British Supreme Court for China and Japan. Early life Goodwin was born on 2 April 1 ...

(English, 1817–1878) * Janet Gourlay (Scottish, 1863–1912) * Georges Goyon (French, 1905–1996) * Pierre Grandet (French, born 1954) * Hermann Grapow (German, 1885–1967) * Eugène Grébaut (French, 1846–1915) * Bernard Pyne Grenfell (British, 1869–1926) * Francis Llewellyn Griffith (British, 1862–1934) * Nora Griffith (British, 1870–1937) * Nicolas Grimal (French, born 1948) * Sarah Israelit Groll (Israeli, 1925–2007) * Battiscombe Gunn (English, 1883–1950)

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* Labib Habachi (Egyptian, 1906–1984) * Hermine Hartleben (German, 1846–1918) * Selim Hassan (Egyptian, 1887–1961) *

Zahi Hawass Zahi Abass Hawass (; born May 28, 1947) is an Egyptians, Egyptian archaeology, archaeologist, Egyptology, Egyptologist, and former Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities (Egypt), Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, a position he held twice. He has ...

(Egyptian, born 1947) * William C. Hayes (American, 1903–1963) *

Wolfgang Helck Hans Wolfgang Helck (16 September 1914 – 27 August 1993) 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 Hess (Swiss, 1866–1949) * James K. Hoffmeier (American, born 1951) * Erik Hornung (Swiss, born 1933) * Arthur Surridge Hunt (British, 1871–1934) * Brian M. Hauglid (American, born 1954)

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* Salima Ikram (Pakistani, born 1965) * Sergei Ignatov (Bulgarian, born 1960)

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Christian Jacq Christian Jacq (; born 28 April 1947) is a French author and Egyptology, Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book series about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly. Biography Born i ...

(French, born 1947) * Thomas Garnet Henry James (British, 1923–2009) * Gustave Jéquier (Swiss, 1868–1946) * Jean-Baptiste Jollois (French, 1776–1842) * Edme-François Jomard (French, 1777–1862) *

Pierre Jouguet Pierre Jouguet (14 May 1869 – 9 July 1949) was a French Egyptologist and classical philologist. In 1890 he studied at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris, obtaining his agrégation for grammar in 1893. For three years thereafter he was asso ...

(French, 1869–1949) * Hermann Junker (German, 1877–1962)

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* László Kákosy (Hungarian, 1932–2003) * Ahmed Kamal (Egyptian, 1851–1923) *

Naguib Kanawati Naguib Kanawati (born 1941) is an Egyptian Australian Egyptologist and Professor of Egyptology at Macquarie University in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Early life Kanawati was born in Alexandria, Egypt to a Melkite Greek Catholic Churc ...

(Egyptian-Australian, born 1941) * Peter Kaplony (Hungarian-Swiss, 1933–2011) * Barry Kemp (British, 1940-2024) *

Jean Kérisel Jean Lehuérou Kérisel (18 November 1908 – 22 January 2005) was a French engineer and Egyptologist. He was a specialist in soil mechanics and geotechnics. After studying at Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées ...

(French, 1908–2005) *

Athanasius Kircher Athanasius Kircher (2 May 1602 – 27 November 1680) was a German Society of Jesus, Jesuit scholar and polymath who published around 40 major works of comparative religion, geology, and medicine. Kircher has been compared to fellow Jes ...

(German, 1602–1680) * Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (British, born 1932) * Giovanni Kminek-Szedlo (Czech-Italian, 1828–1896) * Jirō Kondō (Japanese, born 1951) * Charles Kuentz (French, 1895–1978)

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* Pierre Lacau (French, 1873–1963) * Violette Lafleur (Canadian, 1897–1965) * Claire Lalouette (French) * Jean-Philippe Lauer (French, 1902–2001) * Jean Leclant (French, 1920–2011) * Conradus Leemans (Dutch, 1809–1893) * Eugène Lefébure (French, 1838–1908) * Gustave Lefebvre (French, 1879–1957) * Georges Legrain (French, 1865–1917) * Mark Lehner (American) * Oscar Lemm (Russian, 1856–1918) * Charles Lenormant (French, 1802–1859) *

Karl Richard Lepsius Karl Richard Lepsius (; 23 December 181010 July 1884) was a German people, Prussian Egyptology, Egyptologist, Linguistics, linguist and modern archaeology, modern archaeologist. He is widely known for his opus magnum ''Denkmäler aus Ägypten ...

(German, 1810–1884) * Leonard H. Lesko (American, born 1938) * František Lexa (Czech, 1876–1960) * Nestor L'Hôte (French, 1804–1842) *

Miriam Lichtheim Miriam Lichtheim (; 3 May 1914, Istanbul – 27 March 2004, Jerusalem) was a Turkish-born American-Israeli egyptologist, known for her translations of ancient Egyptian texts. Biography Miriam was born in Istanbul on May 3, 1914, to Richard Licht ...

(Israeli, 1914–2004) * Jadwiga Lipińska (Polish, 1932–2009) * Jens Lieblein (Norwegian, 1827–1911) * Victor Loret (French, 1859–1946) * Adam Łukaszewicz (Polish, born 1950)

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* Arthur Cruttenden Mace (British, 1874–1928) * Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (French, 1821–1881) * Gaston Maspero (French, 1846–1916) * Bernard Mathieu (French, born 1959) * Bernadette Menu (French, born 1942) * Barbara Mertz (American, 1927–2013) * Kazimierz Michałowski (Polish, 1901–1981) * Béatrix Midant-Reynes (French) * Nicholas Millet (American, 1934–2004) * Robert Mond (British, 1867–1938) * Pierre Montet (French, 1885–1966) * Ludwig David Morenz (German, born 1965) * Alexandre Moret (French, 1868–1938) *

Jacques de Morgan Jean-Jacques de Morgan (3 June 1857 – 14 June 1924) was a French mining engineer, geologist, and archaeologist. He was the director of antiquities in Egypt during the 19th century, and excavated in Memphis and Dahshur, providing many dra ...

(French, 1857–1924) *

Rosalind Moss Rosalind Louisa Beaufort Moss, FSA (21 September 1890 – 22 April 1990) was a British Egyptologist and bibliographer, noted for her work on ''The Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs and Paintings''. Bio ...

(British, 1890–1990) * Tycho Q. Mrsich (German, 1925–2022) * William J. Murnane (American, 1945–2000) * Margaret Alice Murray (Anglo-Indian, 1863–1963) * Karol Myśliwiec (Polish, born 1943)

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Édouard Naville Henri Édouard Naville (14 June 1844 – 17 October 1926) was a Swiss archaeologist, Egyptologist and Biblical scholar. Born in Geneva, he studied at the University of Geneva, King's College, London, and the Universities of Bonn, Paris, an ...

(Swiss, 1844–1926) * Alessandra Nibbi (Australian, 1923–2007) * Andrzej Niwiński, (Polish, born 1948) * Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (French, 1913–2011)

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* David O'Connor (Australian, 1938 - 2022) * Boyo Ockinga (German-Australian)

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* Laure Pantalacci (French) * Sarah Parcak (American) * Richard Anthony Parker (American, 1905–1993) * Richard B. Parkinson (British, born 1963) * Thomas Eric Peet (British, 1882–1934) *

John Pendlebury John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury (12 October 1904 – 22 May 1941) was a British archaeologist who worked for British intelligence during World War II. He was captured and Summary execution, summarily executed by German troops during the ...

(British, 1904–1941) * John Shae Perring (British, 1813–1869) * Hilda Petrie (Irish, 1871–1957) * William Flinders Petrie (British, 1853–1942) * Karl Piehl (Swedish, 1853–1904) * Willem Pleyte (Dutch, 1836–1903) * André Pochan (French, 1891–19??) *

Paule Posener-Kriéger Paule Violette Posener-Kriéger (18 April 1925 - 11 May 1996) was a French Egyptologist who was director of the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Institut français d'archéologie orientale from 1981 to 1989. While in Abusir, she excavat ...

(French, 1925—1996)

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* Joachim Friedrich Quack (German, born 1966) * James Edward Quibell (British, 1867–1935) * Stephen Quirke (British)

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David Randall-MacIver David Randall-MacIver FBA (31 October 1873 – 30 April 1945) was a British-born archaeologist, who later became an American citizen. He is most famous for his excavations at Great Zimbabwe which provided the first solid evidence that the site w ...

(British-American, 1873–1945) * Maarten Raven (Dutch, born 1953) * John D. Ray (British, born 1945) * Donald B. Redford (Canadian, 1934–2024) * Nicholas Reeves (English, born 1956) *

Adolphe Reinach Adolphe Joseph Reinach (12 January 1887 – 30 August 1914) was a French archaeologist and Egyptologist who participated in excavations in Greece and Egypt and published works on the Gauls. Working in Egypt for the Société française des fou ...

(French, 1887–1914) * Leo Reinisch (Austrian, 1832-1919) *

George Andrew Reisner George Andrew Reisner Jr. (November 5, 1867 – June 6, 1942) was an American archeologist of Ancient Egypt, Nubia and Palestine. Early life Reisner was born on November 5, 1867, in Indianapolis. His parents were George Andrew Reisner Sr. and M ...

(American, 1867–1942) *

Peter le Page Renouf Sir Peter le Page Renouf (23 August 1822 – 14 October 1897) was a British professor, Egyptologist, and museum director, best known for his translation of '' The Book of the Dead''. Personal life Renouf was born in Guernsey on the Channel Is ...

(English, 1822–1897) * Eugène Revillout (French, 1843–1913) * Alexander Henry Rhind (Scottish, 1833–1863) * Herbert Ricke (German, 1901–1976) * Robert K. Ritner (American, 1953–2021) * David Roberts (Scottish, 1796–1864) * Gay Robins (British-American, born 1951) * David Rohl (British, born 1950) * Ippolito Rosellini (Italian, 1800–1843) * Emmanuel de Rougé (French, 1811–1872) * François Michel de Rozière (French, 1775–1842) * Otto Rubensohn (German, 1867–1964) * Barbara Ruszczyc (Poland, 1928–2001) * Donald P. Ryan (American, born 1957) * Kim Ryholt (American/Danish, born 1970)

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* Henry Salt (English, 1780–1827) * Helmut Satzinger (Austrian, born 1938) * Serge Sauneron (French, 1927–1976) * Claude-Étienne Savary (French, 1750–1788) * Otto Schaden (American, 1937–2015) * Hans Heinrich Schaeder (German, 1896–1957) *

Jean-Vincent Scheil Father Jean-Vincent Scheil (born 10 June 1858, Kœnigsmacker – died 21 September 1940, Paris) was a French Dominican scholar and Assyriologist. He is credited as the discoverer of the Code of Hammurabi in Persia. In 1911 he came into possessio ...

(French, 1858–1940) * Ernesto Schiaparelli (Italian, 1856–1928) * René Schwaller de Lubicz (French, 1887–1961) * Girolamo Segato (Italian, 1792–1836) * Kurt Heinrich Sethe (German, 1869–1934) * Gustav Seyffarth (German-American, 1796–1885) * Ian Shaw (British, born 1961) * David P. Silverman (American, born 1943) * William Kelly Simpson (American, 1928–2017) * Edwin Smith (American, 1822–1906) *

Grafton Elliot Smith Sir Grafton Elliot Smith (15 August 1871 – 1 January 1937) was an Australian-British anatomist, Egyptologist and a proponent of the hyperdiffusionist view of prehistory. He believed in the idea that cultural innovations occur only once and ...

(Australian, 1871–1937) * Gorgi Sobhi (Egyptian, 1884–1964) *

Wilhelm Spiegelberg Wilhelm Spiegelberg (25 June 1870, Hannover – 23 December 1930, Munich) was a German Egyptologist. He specialized in analyses of Demotic and hieratic text. Spiegelberg grew up as the second oldest of four brothers in a German Jewish family. He ...

(German, 1870–1930) *

Rainer Stadelmann Rainer Stadelmann (24 October 1933 – 14 January 2019) was a German Egyptology, Egyptologist. He was considered an expert on the archaeology of the Giza Plateau. Biography After studying in Neuburg an der Donau in 1953, he studied Egyptology, ...

(German, 1933–2019) * Danijela Stefanovic (Serbian, born 1973) *

Georg Steindorff Georg Steindorff (November 12, 1861, Dessau – August 28, 1951, North Hollywood, California) was a German Egyptologist. Life Georg Steindorff was a graduate of the Egyptology seminars of the University of Göttingen. He earned a doctorate i ...

(German, 1861–1951) *

Vasily Vasilievich Struve Vasily Vasilievich Struve (; in Saint Petersburg, Petersburg, Russian Empire – September 15, 1965 in Leningrad) was a Soviet Union, Soviet oriental studies, orientalist from the Struve family, the founder of the Soviet scientific school of rese ...

(Russian, 1889–1965) * Zbigniew Szafrański (Polish)

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* Mahmoud Maher Taha (Egyptian, born 1942) * Rifa'a al-Tahtawi (Egyptian, 1801–1873) * Gertrud Thausing (Austrian, 1905-1997) * Elizabeth Thomas (American, 1907–1986) * Herbert Thompson (British, 1859–1944) * Claude Traunecker (French, born 1943) * Bruce Trigger (Canadian, 1937–2006) * Boris Turayev (Russian, 1868–1920) * Joyce Tyldesley (British, born 1960)

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* Peter Ucko (British, 1938–2007)

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* Jeanne Marie Thérèse Vandier d'Abbadie (French, 1899–1977) * Alexandre Varille (French, 1909–1951) * Luigi Vassalli (Italian, 1812–1887) * Jean Vercoutter (French, 1911–2000) * Jozef Vergote (Belgian, 1910–1992) * Miroslav Verner (Czech, born 1941) * Édouard de Villiers du Terrage (French, 1780–1855) * Richard William Howard Vyse (British, 1784–1853)

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* William Ayres Ward (American, 1928–1996) * Kent R. Weeks (American, born 1941) *

Arthur Weigall Arthur Edward Pearse Brome Weigall (1880 – 3 January 1934) was an England, English Egyptologist, stage designer, journalist and author whose works span the whole range from histories of Ancient Egypt through historical biographies, guide-book ...

(British, 1880–1934) * Josef W. Wegner (American, born 1967) * Fred Wendorf (American, 1924–2015) * Willeke Wendrich (Dutch-American, born 1961) * Edward Frank Wente (American, born 1930) * Marcelle Werbrouck (Belgian, 1889–1959) * Wolfhart Westendorf (German, 1924–2018) * Charles Edwin Wilbour (American, 1833–1896) * John Gardner Wilkinson (British, 1797–1875) * Richard H. Wilkinson (American, born 1951) * Toby Wilkinson (British, born 1969) * Hilary Wilson (British, born mid 20th century) * John A. Wilson (American, 1899–1976) * Herbert Eustis Winlock (American, 1884–1950) * Ewa Wipszycka (Polish, born 1933) * Walter Wreszinski (German, 1880–1935)

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* Sakuji Yoshimura (Japanese, born 1943) * Thomas Young (British, 1773–1829) *

Jean Yoyotte Jean Yoyotte (4 August 1927 – 1 July 2009) was a French Egyptologist, a professor of Egyptology at the Collège de France and director of research at the École pratique des hautes études (EPHE). Biography Born in 1927 at Lyon, Yoyotte atten ...

(French, 1927–2009)

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* Zbyněk Žába (Czech, 1917–1971) * Louis Vico Žabkar (1914–1994) * Hilde Zaloscer (Austrian, 1903–1999) * Christiane Ziegler (French, born 1942)

Fictional Egyptologists

* Evelyn Carnahan ( The Mummy (1999 film)) * Lara Croft (

Tomb Raider ''Tomb Raider'', known as ''Lara Croft: Tomb Raider'' from 2001 to 2008, is a media franchise that originated with an Action-adventure game, action-adventure video game series created by British video game developer Core Design. The franchise i ...

) * Amelia Peabody-Emerson and the Emerson Family (

Amelia Peabody series The Amelia Peabody series is a series of twenty historical mystery novels and one non-fiction companion volume written by Egyptologist Barbara Mertz (1927–2013) under the pen name Elizabeth Peters. The series is centered on the adventures o ...

) * Daniel Jackson (

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, Stargate SG–1) *

Indiana Jones ''Indiana Jones'' is an American media franchise consisting of five films and a prequel television series, along with games, comics, and tie-in novels, that depicts the adventures of Indiana Jones (character), Dr. Henry Walton "Indiana" Jones, ...

(

Raiders of the Lost Ark ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'' is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Lawrence Kasdan, based on a story by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman. Set in 1936, the film stars Harrison Ford as Indiana ...

) * Sarah Page ('' Primeval'') * Sophocles Sarcophagus (''

The Adventures of Tintin ''The Adventures of Tintin'' ( ) is a series of 24 comic albums created by Belgians, Belgian cartoonist Georges Remi, who wrote under the pen name Hergé. The series was one of the most popular European comics of the 20th century. By 2007, a c ...

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International Directory of Egyptology from the International Association of Egyptologists
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