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

• Friedrich Abitz
• Barbara G. Adams (British, 1945–2002)
• Cyril Aldred (British, 1914–1991)
• Schafik Allam (German, * 1928)
• Brigitte Altenmüller
• Hartwig Altenmüller (German, * 1937)
• Guillemette Andreu (French, * 1948)
• Tadeusz Andrzejewski (Polish, 1923–61)
• Dieter Arnold (German, * 1936)
• Dorothea Arnold (German, * 1935)
• Aleida Assmann (German, * 1947)
• Jan Assmann (German, * 1938)
• Éric Aubourg (French)
• Sydney H. Aufrère (French)
• A.C.T.E. Prisse d`Avennes (French, 1807–1879)
• Edward Russell Ayrton (British, 1882–1914)

B

Heinrich Brugsch

• Alexander Badawy (Egyptian, 1913–1986)
• John Baines (British, * 1946)
• Pascale Ballet (French)
• Paul Barguet
• Winfried Barta
• Hussein Bassir (Egyptian, * 1973)
• Theofried Baumeister (German, * 1941)
• Alfred Chester Beatty (American, 1875–1968)
• Jürgen von Beckerath (German, * 1920)
• Heike Behlmer
• Horst Beinlich (German)
• Christine Beinlich-Seeber
• Georges Bénédite (French 1857–1926)
• Jocelyne Berlandini
• Maria Carmela Betrò (Italian)
• Susanne Bickel
• Morris Bierbrier
• Manfred Bietak (Austrian, * 1940)
• Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bissing (1873–1956)
• Fernand Bisson de la Roque (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 Booth (British, * 1975)
• Ludwig Borchardt (German, 1863–1938)
• Kate Bosse-Griffiths (German-British, 1910–1998)
• Bernard V. Bothmer (German-American, 1912–1993)
• Janine Bourriau (May 1941)
• Artur Brack
• Peter J. Brand (Canadian-American, * 1967)
• Bob Brier (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 Bouriant (French)
• Hannes Buchberger
• Günter Burkard (German, * 1944)
• James Burton (British, 1788–1862)

C

Howard Carter

Jean-François Champollion

• Ricardo Caminos (Argentinian, 1916–1992)
• Jean Capart (Belgian, 1877–1947)
• Howard Carter (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 Černý (Czech, 1898–1970)
• François Chabas (French, 1817–1882)
• Maxence de Chalvet (French, 1849–1892)
• Jean-François Champollion (French, 1790–1832)
• Émile Gaston Chassinat (French 1868–1948)
• Charles Chipiez (French)
• Peter A. Clayton (* 1937)
• Jean Clédat (French, 1871–1941)
• Kathlyn M. Cooney (American)
• Jean-Pierre Corteggiani (French)
• Maria Sole Croce
• Silvio Curto (Italian)

D

• Elvira D'Amicone (Italian)
• Georges Émile Jules Daressy (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 Diop (1923–1986)
• Gilles Dormion (French)
• Sergio Donadoni (Italian)
• Anna Maria Donadoni-Roveri (Italian)
• Andreas Dorn
• Rosemarie Drenkhahn
• Günter Dreyer (German, * 1943)
• Étienne Drioton (French, 1889–1961)
• Vera von Droste zu Hülshoff (German)
• Johannes Dümichen (German, 1833–1894)

E

Adolf Erman

• Marianne Eaton-Krauss
• Georg Ebers (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 Empereur (French)
• Erika Endesfelder (German, * 1936)
• Reginald Engelbach (British, 1888–1946)
• Adolf Erman (German, 1854–1937)

F

• Ahmad Fachri (Egyptian, 1905–1973)
• H. W. Fairman (British)
• Martin von Falck
• Gerhard Fecht (German, * 1922)
• Erika Feucht (German, * 1938)
• Cecil Mallaby Firth (British, 1878–1931)
• Henry George Fischer (American, 1923–2005)
• Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert (German,* 1954)
• Chad Flenderman (American, 2011)
• Joann Fletcher (British, * 1966)
• Detlef Franke (German, 1952–2007)
• Henri Frankfort (Dutch, 1897–1954)
• George Willoughby Fraser (British, 1866–1923)
• Renée Friedman (American)
• Harald Froschauer (Austrian)

G

Bernard Pyne Grenfell

• Sami Gabra (Egyptian, 1892–1979)
• Ingrid Gamer-Wallert (German, * 1936)
• Alan Gardiner (British, 1879–1963)
• John Garstang (British, 1876–1956)
• Henri Gauthier (French)
• John Gee (American)
• Louise Gestermann (German)
• Michel Gitton
• Raphael Giveon (Israeli, 1916–1985)
• Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville (British 1900–1956)
• Hans Goedicke (Austrian)
• Orly Goldwasser (Israeli)
• Wladimir Golenischeff (Russian, 1856–1947)
• Farouk Gomaà
• Zakaria Goneim (Egyptian, 1905–1959)
• Georges Goyon (French)
• Jean-Claude Goyon (French)
• Erhart Graefe (German, * 1943)
• Pierre Grandet (French)
• Hermann Grapow (German, 1885–1967)
• Bernard Pyne Grenfell (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 Gunn (English, 1883 - 1950)
• Adolphe Gutbub

H

Zahi Hawass

• Labib Habachi (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 Hassan
• Selim Hassan (Egyptian,1886–1961)
• Zahi Hawass (Egyptian, * 1947)
• William C. Hayes (American, 1906–1963)
• Harold M. Hays (American)
• Irmgard Hein (Austrian)
• Wolfgang Helck (German, 1914–1993)
• Johann Jakob Hess [Swiss, Freiburg im Üechtland, 11 January 1866 - Zürich, 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 Hornung (Swiss, * 1933)
• Michael Höveler-Müller (German, * 1974)
• Arthur Surridge Hunt (British, 1871–1934)
• Aemilius Haeffner (Hungarian, 1892–1953)

I

• Ibn Wahshiyya (Iraqi,fl.9th/10th centuries)

J

• Christian Jacq (French, * 1947)
• Helen Jacquet-Gordon
• Peter Jánosi
• Gustave Jéquier (Swiss, 1868–1946)
• Jean-Baptiste Jollois (French)
• Harold Jones
• Edmé François Jomard (French, 1777–1862)
• Friedrich Junge (German, * 1941)
• Hermann Junker (German, 1877–1962)

K

Athanasius Kircher

• Jochem Kahl (German)
• Werner Kaiser (German)
• László Kákosy (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 Kircher (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 Jirō (Japanese, * 1951)
• Wolfgang Kosack (German, * 1943)
• Martin Walter Krause (German, * 1930)
• Renate Krauspe (German, * 1939)
• Rolf Krauss (German)
• Dieter Kurth

L

Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884)

• Audran Labrousse (French)
• Pierre Lacau (French)
• Claire Laloette (French)
• Jean-Philippe Lauer (French, 1902–2001)
• Jean Leclant (French)
• Mark Lehner (American)
• Christian Leitz (German)
• Charles Lenormant (French)
• Karl Richard Lepsius (German, 1810–1884)
• Alexandra von Lieven (German, * 1974)
• Alan B. Lloyd
• Christian E. Loeben
• Angelika Lohwasser (Austrian, * 1967)
• Antonio Loprieno (Italian, * 1955)
• Victor Loret (French, 1859–1946)
• Erich Lüddeckens (German, 1913–2004)

M

• Christine El Mahdy/Christine Hobson (British, May 1950–February 2008)
• Jaromir Malek
• Auguste Ferdinand François Mariette (French, 1821–1881)
• Eva Martin-Pardey
• Gaston Maspero (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 Montet (French, 1885–1966)
• Ludwig D. Morenz (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)

N

• Claudia Näser (German)
• Edouard Naville (Swiss, 1844–1926)
• Christiane Desroches Noblecourt (French, 1913-2011)
• Abdel Halim Nur el-Din (Egyptian)
• Atif Naguib (Egypt, 1959)
• Andrzej Niwiński (Polish, 1948)

P

• Laure Pantalacci (French)
• John Shae Perring (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)

Q

• Joachim Friedrich Quack (German, * 1966)
• Jan Quaegebeur (Belgian, 1943-1995)
• James Edward Quibell (British, 1867–1935)

R

• Ali Radwan (Egyptian)
• Hermann Ranke (German, 1878–1953)
• Maarten Raven (Dutch)
• John D. Ray (British)
• Daniel von Recklinghausen (German)
• Donald B. Redford
• Nicholas Reeves (English, * 1956)
• Walter-Friedrich Reineke (German, * 1936)
• Elfriede Reiser-Haslauer (Austrian, * 1941)
• George Andrew Reisner (American, 1867–1942)
• Peter le Page Renouf (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 Rohl (British, * 1950)
• Vincent Rondot (French)
• Ippolito Rosellini (Italian, 1800–1843)
• Emmanuel de Rougé (French)
• Gerhard Rühlmann (German, * 1930)
• Erwin M. Ruprechtsberger (Austrian)
• Donald P. Ryan (American)
• Kim Ryholt (American/Danish, *1970)

S

Kurt Sethe

• Mohammed Saleh
• Henry Salt (Brite, 1780–1827)
• Helmut Satzinger (Austrian, * 1938)
• Serge Sauneron (French, 1927–1976)
• Claude-Étienne Savary (French, 1750–1788)
• Torgny Säve-Söderbergh (Swedish, 1914–1998)
• Otto Schaden (American)
• Hans Heinrich Schaeder (German, 1896–1957)
• Heinrich Schäfer (German, 1868–1957)
• Wolfgang Schenkel
• Ernesto Schiaparelli (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 Segato (Italian, 1792–1836)
• Matthias Seidel (German)
• Stephan Johannes Seidlmayer (German, * 1957)
• Wilfried Seipel (Austrian, * 1944)
• Kurt Sethe (German, 1869–1934)
• Gustav Seyffarth (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 Simpson (American)
• Edwin Smith (British, 1822–1906)
• Grafton Elliot Smith (Australian, 1871–1937)
• Jeffrey Spencer (British)
• Neal Spencer (British)
• Joachim Spiegel (* 1911)
• Wilhelm Spiegelberg (German, 1870–1930)
• Rainer Stadelmann (German, * 1933)
• Martin Stadler (German, * 1973)
• Elisabeth Staehelin (Swiss)
• Danijela Stefanovic (Serbian, * 1973)
• Georg Steindorff (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

T

• Mahmoud Maher Taha (Egyptian, * 1942)
• Pierre Tallet (French, * 1966))
• Rolf Tanner (* 1925)
• Roland Tefnin (Belgian, 1945–2006)
• Aristide Theodorides
• Heinz-Joseph Thissen
• Elizabeth Thomas (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 Trigger (Canadian, 1937–2006)
• Boris Alexandrowitsch Turajew (Russian, 1858–1920)
• Christian Tutundjian de Vartavan (Armenian, 1965-)
• Joyce Tyldesley (British, * 1960)

U

• Peter Ucko (British, 1938–2007)

V

Richard William Howard Vyse

• 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 Varille (French, 1909–1951)
• Herman te Velde (Dutch, * 1932)
• Jean Vercoutter (French, * 1911)
• Jozef Vergote (Belgian, 1910–1992)
• Ursula Verhoeven-van Elsbergen (German)
• Miroslav Verner (Czech, * 1941)
• Pascal Vernus (French)
• Milada Vilimková (Czech)
• Édouard de Villiers du Terrage (French, 1780–1855)
• Günter Vittmann (Austrian, * 1952)
• Sven P. Vleeming (Dutch)
• Richard William Howard Vyse (British, 1784–1853)

W

John Gardner Wilkinson

• Kent Weeks (American, * 1941)
• Arthur Weigall (Brite, 1880–1934)
• Raymond Weill (French, 1874–1950)
• Josef W. Wegner (American, * 1967)
• Derek A. Welsby (Brite, * 1956)
• Fred Wendorf (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 Wilbour (American, 1833–1896)
• Henri Wild
• Dietrich Wildung (German, * 1941)
• John Gardner Wilkinson (Brite, 1797–1875)
• Richard H. Wilkinson (American)
• Toby A. H. Wilkinson (Brite, * 1969)
• Harco Willems (Dutch)
• Stefan Wimmer (German, * 1963)
• Herbert E. Winlock (American, 1884–1950)
• Erich Winter (Austrian, * 1928)
• Irmgard Woldering (German, 1919–1969)
• Pawel Wolf (German, * 1958)
• Walther Wolf (German, 1900–1973)
• Walter Wreszinski (German, 1880–1935)

Y

• Yoshimura Sakuji (Japanese, * 1943)
• Jean Yoyotte (French, 1927–2009)

Z

• Zbyněk Žába (Czech)
• Louis Vico Zabkar (1914–1994)
• Hilde Zaloscer (Austrian, † 1999)
• Karl-Theodor Zauzich (German, * 1939)
• Christiane Ziegler (French, * 1942)
• Christiane Zivie-Coche (French, * 1946)

Deceased (list by year of birth)

• Dhul-Nun al-Misri (796–859)
• Ibn Abd-el-Hakem (d. 871)
• Ibn Wahshiyya (9th–10th century)
• Muhammad al-Idrisi (1100–1166)
• Abd–al Latif al–Baghdadi (1162–1231)
• Al-Maqrizi (1364–1442)
• Jan Potocki (1761–1815)
• Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778–1823)
• Henry Salt (1780–1827)
• James Burton (Egyptologist) (1788–1862)
• Jean-François Champollion (1790–1832)
• Joseph Bonomi (1796–1878)
• John Gardner Wilkinson (1797–1875)
• Theodule Deveria (19th century)
• Edward William Lane (1801–1876)
• Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884)
• Auguste Mariette (1821–1881)
• Gerald Massey (1828–1907)
• Michał Tyszkiewicz (1828–1897)
• Gaston Maspero (1846–1916)
• Édouard Naville (1844–1926)
• Émile Amélineau (1850–1915)
• Victor Loret (1859–1946)
• Gustave Jéquier (1868-1946)
• Sir Alan Gardiner (1879–1963)
• Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938)
• James Henry Breasted (1865–1935)
• Howard Carter (1874–1939)
• Sir William Flinders Petrie (1853–1942)
• Ernesto Schiaparelli (1856–1928)
• Vladimir Semyonovich Golenishchev (1856–1947)
• E. A. Wallis Budge (1857–1934)
• Henry Francis Herbert Thompson, 2nd Baronet (1859–1944)
• Margaret Murray (1863–1963)
• James E. Quibell (1867–1935)
• Boris Turayev (1868–1920)
• Herbert E. Winlock (1884–1950)
• Pierre Montet (1885–1966)
• Selim Hassan (1886–1961)
• René A. Schwaller de Lubicz (1887–1961)
• Natacha Rambova (1897–1966)
• Cyril Aldred (1894–1991)
• Raymond O. Faulkner (1894–1982)
• Henri Frankfort (1897–1954)
• Jaroslav Černý (1898–1970)
• John A. Wilson (1899–1976)
• Kazimierz Michałowski (1901–1981)
• Walter Bryan Emery (1903–1971)
• Hilde Zaloscer (1903–1999)
• Richard Anthony Parker (1905–1993)
• Hans Jakob Polotsky (1905–1991)
• Paul Ghalioungui (1908–1987)
• I. E. S. Edwards (1909–1996)
• Charles Allberry (1911–1943)
• Louis Vico Zabkar (1914–1994)
• Miriam Lichtheim (1914–2004)
• Tadeusz Andrzejewski (1923–1961)
• Sarah Israelit Groll (1925–2007)
• Nicholas Millet (1934–2004)
• Michael A. Hoffman (1944–1990)

Fictional

• Emily Sands (Egyptology: Search for the Tomb of Osiris)
• 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)
• Lawrence Sratford (The Mummy, or Ramses the Damned)
• Amelia P. Emerson and the Emerson Family (Crocodile on the Sandbank)
• Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark)
• Theo Cotter (The 39 Clues: Beyond The Grave)
• Ralph M. Trilipush (The Egyptologist)
• Joseph Whemple, Francis "Frank" Whemple, Mueller of Vienna (The Mummy)
• 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

External links

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