List of Egyptologists

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

A

Jan Assmann

• Barbara G. Adams (British, 1945–2002)
• Cyril Aldred (British, 1914–1991)
• James Peter Allen (American, born 1945)
• Hartwig Altenmüller (German, born 1937)
• Guillemette Andreu (French, born 1948)
• Tadeusz Andrzejewski (Polish, 1923–61)
• Aleida Assmann (German, born 1947)
• Jan Assmann (German, born 1938)
• Éric Aubourg (French)
• A.C.T.E. Prisse d`Avennes (French, 1807–1879)
• Edward Russell Ayrton (British, 1882–1914)

B

Fernand Bisson de La Roque

Heinrich Brugsch

• Alexander Badawy (Egyptian, 1913–1986)
• John Baines (British, born 1946)
• Pascale Ballet (French)
• Alessandro Barsanti (Italian, 1858–1917)
• Hussein Bassir (Egyptian, born 1973)
• Michel Baud (French, died 2012) 49 years
• Alfred Chester Beatty (American, 1875–1968)
• Jürgen von Beckerath (German, born 1920)
• Georges Aaron Bénédite (French 1857–1926)
• Susanne Bickel (Swiss, born 1960)
• Manfred Bietak (Austrian, born 1940)
• Fernand Bisson de la Roque (French)
• Aylward Manley Blackman (British, 1883–1956)
• Charlotte Booth (British, born 1975)
• Ludwig Borchardt (German, 1863–1938)
• Kate Bosse-Griffiths (German-British, 1910–1998)
• Peter J. Brand (Canadian-American, born 1967)
• James H. Breasted (American, 1865–1935)
• Edda Bresciani (Italian, born 1930)
• Bob Brier (American, born 1943)
• Heinrich Brugsch (German, 1827–1894)
• Urbain Bouriant (French)
• E.A. Wallis Budge (British, 1857–1934)
• James Burton (British, 1788–1862)

C

Howard Carter

Jean-François Champollion

• Amice Calverley (Canadian, born Britain, 1922-1959)
• Ricardo Caminos (Argentinian, 1916–1992)
• Jean Capart (Belgian, 1877–1947)
• Howard Carter (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)
• Jean Clédat (French, 1871–1941)
• Kathlyn M. Cooney (American)
• Pearce Paul Creasman (American)

D

• Alec Naylor Dakin (English 1912-2003)
• Georges Émile Jules Daressy (French, 1864–1938)
• Norman de Garis Davies (American, 1865–1941)
• Cheikh Anta Diop (Senegalese, 1923–1986)
• Sergio Donadoni (Italian, 1914–2015)
• Günter Dreyer (German, born 1943)
• Étienne Drioton (French, 1889–1961)
• Johannes Dümichen (German, 1833–1894)

E

Adolf Erman

• Georg Ebers (German, 1873–1898)
• Amelia Edwards (British, 1831–1892)
• Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards (British, 1909–1996)
• Walter Bryan Emery (British, 1903–1971)
• Jean-Yves Empereur (French, born 1952)
• Reginald Engelbach (British, 1888–1946)
• Adolf Erman (German, 1854–1937)

F

• Herbert Walter Fairman (British, 1907-1982)
• Cecil Mallaby Firth (British, 1878–1931)
• Henry George Fischer (American, 1923–2006)
• Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (German, born 1954)
• Joann Fletcher (British, born 1966)
• Detlef Franke (German, 1952–2007)
• Henri Frankfort (Dutch, 1897–1954)
• George Willoughby Fraser (British, 1866–1923)
• Renée Friedman (American)

G

Bernard Pyne Grenfell

• Runoko Rashidi (American, born 1954)
• Alan Gardiner (British, 1879–1963)
• John Garstang (British, 1876–1956)
• Henri Gauthier (French)
• John Gee (American)
• Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville (British 1900–1956)
• Orly Goldwasser (Israeli)
• Wladimir Golenischeff (Russian, 1856–1947)
• Zakaria Goneim (Egyptian, 1905–1959)
• Charles Wycliffe Goodwin (English, 1817–1878)
• Janet Gourlay (Scottish, 1863–1912)
• Georges Goyon (French, 1905–1996)
• Pierre Grandet (French)
• Hermann Grapow (German, 1885–1967)
• Bernard Pyne Grenfell (British, 1869–1926)
• Nicolas Grimal (French, born 1948)
• Battiscombe Gunn (English, 1883–1950)

H

Zahi Hawass

• Labib Habachi (Egyptian, 1906–1984)
• Hermine Hartleben (German, 1846–1918)
• Selim Hassan (Egyptian,1886–1961)
• Zahi Hawass (Egyptian, born 1947)
• William C. Hayes (American, 1906–1963)
• Wolfgang Helck (German, 1914–1993)
• Johann Jakob Hess (Swiss, 1866–1949)
• Erik Hornung (Swiss, born 1933)
• Arthur Surridge Hunt (British, 1871–1934)

I

• Ibn Wahshiyya (Iraqi,fl.9th/10th centuries)
• Salima Ikram (Pakistani, born 1965)

J

• Christian Jacq (French, born 1947)
• Thomas Garnet Henry James (British, 1923–2009)
• Gustave Jéquier (Swiss, 1868–1946)
• Jean-Baptiste Jollois (French, 1776–1842)
• Edmé François Jomard (French, 1777–1862)
• Hermann Junker (German, 1877–1962)

K

Athanasius Kircher

Karl Richard Lepsius

• László Kákosy (Hungarian, 1932–2003)
• Ahmed Kamal (Egyptian, 1851–1923)
• Peter Kaplony (Swiss, born Hungarian, 1933-2011)
• Barry Kemp (British)
• Jean Kérisel (French)
• Athanasius Kircher (German, 1602–1680)
• Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (British, born 1932)
• Giovanni Kminek-Szedlo (Czech-Italian, 1828–1896)
• Kondō Jirō (Japanese, born 1951)

L

• Pierre Lacau (French)
• Violette Lafleur (Canadian, 1897–1965)
• Jean-Philippe Lauer (French, 1902–2001)
• Jean Leclant (French)
• Mark Lehner (American)
• Charles Lenormant (French, 1802–1859)
• Karl Richard Lepsius (German, 1810–1884)
• Leonard H. Lesko (American, born 1938)
• František Lexa (Czech, 1876-1960)
• Victor Loret (French, 1859–1946)
• Paul D. Lynn (American, born 1964)

M

Auguste Mariette

Gaston Maspero

• Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (French, 1821–1881)
• Gaston Maspero (French, 1846–1916)
• Kazimierz Michałowski (Polish, 1901–1981)
• Pierre Montet (French, 1885–1966)
• Ludwig David Morenz (German, born 1965)
• Alexandre Moret
• Jacques de Morgan (French, 1857–1924)
• Rosalind Moss (British, 1890-1990)
• Peter Munro (German, 1930–2009)
• William J. Murnane (American, 1945–2000)
• Margaret Alice Murray (Anglo-Indian, 1863–1963)

N

• Edouard Naville (Swiss, 1844–1926)
• Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (French, 1913–2011)

O

• David O'Connor (Australian, born 1938)

P

William Matthew Flinders Petrie

• Thomas Eric Peet (British, 1882–1934)
• John Shae Perring (British, 1813–1869)
• William Flinders Petrie (British, 1853–1942)
• Willem Pleyte (Dutch, 1836–1903)
• André Pochan (French)

Q

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

R

Eugène Revillout

• Maarten Raven (Dutch)
• John D. Ray (British)
• Donald B. Redford
• Nicholas Reeves (English, born 1956)
• Adolphe Reinach (French, 1887––1914)
• George Andrew Reisner (American, 1867–1942)
• Peter le Page Renouf (English, 1822–1897)
• Eugène Revillout (French, 1843–1913)
• Herbert Ricke (German, 1901––1976)
• Robert K. Ritner (American)
• David Rohl (British, born 1950)
• Ippolito Rosellini (Italian, 1800–1843)
• Donald P. Ryan (American)
• Kim Ryholt (American/Danish, born 1970)

S

Kurt Sethe

• Henry Salt (Brite, 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)
• Ernesto Schiaparelli (Italian, 1856–1928)
• René Schwaller de Lubicz (French, 1887–1961)
• Girolamo Segato (Italian, 1792–1836)
• Kurt Sethe (German, 1869–1934)
• Gustav Seyffarth (German, 1796–1885)
• Ian Shaw (British, born 1961)
• William Kelly Simpson (American)
• Edwin Smith (American, 1822–1906)
• Grafton Elliot Smith (Australian, 1871–1937)
• Rainer Stadelmann (German, born 1933)
• Danijela Stefanovic (Serbian, born 1973)
• Georg Steindorff (German, 1861–1951)

T

Bruce Trigger

• Mahmoud Maher Taha (Egyptian, born 1942)
• Elizabeth Thomas (American, 1907–1986)
• Herbert Thompson (British, 1859–1944)
• Claude Traunecker (French)
• Bruce Trigger (Canadian, 1937–2006)
• Joyce Tyldesley (British, born 1960)

U

• Peter Ucko (British, 1938–2007)

V

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Richard William Howard Vyse

John Gardner Wilkinson

• 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)

W

• William Ayres Ward (American, 1928-1996)
• Kent Weeks (American, born 1941)
• Arthur Weigall (British, 1880–1934)
• Josef W. Wegner (American, born 1967)
• Fred Wendorf (American, born 1925)
• Willeke wendrich (Netherlands, born 1961)
• Edward Frank Wente (American, born 1930)
• Charles Edwin Wilbour (American, 1833–1896)
• John Gardner Wilkinson (British, 1797–1875)
• Richard H. Wilkinson (American)
• Toby Wilkinson (British, born 1969)
• Herbert E. Winlock (American, 1884–1950)
• Walter Wreszinski (German, 1880–1935)

Y

• Yosef Alfredo Antonio Ben-Jochannan (born December 31, 1918 - March 19, 2015)
• Yoshimura Sakuji (Japanese, born 1943)
• Thomas Young (British, 1773–1829)
• Jean Yoyotte (French, 1927–2009)

Z

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

See also

• List of French Egyptologists
• Categories: American Egyptologists, Australian Egyptologists, Austrian Egyptologists, Belgian Egyptologists, British Egyptologists, Canadian Egyptologists, Czech Egyptologists, Dutch Egyptologists, Egyptian Egyptologists, English Egyptologists, German Egyptologists, Italian Egyptologists, Polish Egyptologists, Scottish Egyptologists

Fictional egyptologists

• Sophocles Sarcophagus (The Adventures of Tintin)
• Daniel Jackson (Stargate, Stargate SG-1)
• Evelyn Carnahan (The Mummy (1999 film))
• Sarah Page (Primeval)
• Lara Croft (Tomb Raider)
• Amelia P. Emerson and the Emerson Family (Crocodile on the Sandbank)
• Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

External links

• International Directory of Egyptology from the International Association of Egyptologists
• List of Egyptologists and their publications