Egyptologists - Definition and Overview

Egyptologist is the designation given to an archaeologist or historian who specialises in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities.

Significant Egyptologists include:

Living

• Zahi Hawass
• Manfred Bietak
• Kenneth Kitchen
• David Rohl
• Kent Weeks
• Christian Jacq

Deceased

• Joseph Bonomi
• James Henry Breasted

• Howard Carter
• Frederick Catherwood
• Jean-François Champollion

• Alan Gardiner

• Edward William Lane
• Carl Richard Lepsius
• R.A. Schwaller de Lubicz

• Gerald Massey

• William Flinders Petrie

• John Gardiner Wilkinson