|
Famous Egyptologists |
|
Name |
Nationality |
Lifespan |
Discoveries |
| Edward Russell
Ayrton |
British |
1905-1908 |
Tombs in the Valley
of the Kings |
|
Giovanni Battista Belzoni |
Italian |
1778 -
1823 |
Tombs,
monuments |
| Ludwig Borchardt |
German |
1863 - 1938 |
Bust of Nefertiti
at el-Armana |
| Emile Brugsch |
German |
1842 - 1930 |
Saqqara Pyramid
Texts |
| Ernest Budge |
British |
1857 - 1934 |
Excavations and
famous author |
| James
Burton |
British |
1788 -
1862 |
Excavations & Tombs in the Valley of the Kings and famous
author |
| James Bruce |
British |
1730 - 1794 |
KV 11 aka "Bruce's
Tomb" |
| Howard Carter |
British |
1874 - 1939 |
Tomb of Tutankhamun |
|
Giovanni Caviglia |
Italian |
1770 -
1845 |
Excavations at Giza |
| Jean-Francois
Champollion |
French |
1790 - 1832 |
Deciphering
Hieroglyphics |
| Georges
Emile Jules Daressy |
French |
1864 -
1934 |
Excavations of Tombs in the Valley of the Kings |
|
Giovanni D'Athanasi |
Greek |
1798 -
1854 |
Collector of antiquities working for Henry Salt |
| Giuseppe Ferlini |
Italian |
1800 - 1870 |
Collector of
antiquities |
| Cecil Mallaby Firth |
British |
1878 - 1931 |
Excavations at
Saqqara |
| Robert
Hay |
British |
1799 -
1863 |
Artist
and author |
| Gustave Jequier |
Swiss |
1868 - 1946 |
Excavations at
Saqqara |
| Georges Legrain |
French |
1865 - 1917 |
Excavations at
Karnak |
| Karl Richard
Lepsius |
German |
1810 - 1884 |
Author - surveys of
pyramids |
| Victor
Clement Georges Philippe Loret |
French |
1859 -
1946 |
Tombs
in the Valley of the Kings |
| Alfred Lucas |
British |
1867-1945 |
Worked with Howard
Carter Tomb of Tutankhamun |
| Arthur Mace |
British |
1874-1928 |
Worked with Howard
Carter Tomb of Tutankhamun |
|
Francois Auguste Mariette |
French |
1821 -
1881 |
Excavations / Tombs |
| Gaston Maspero |
French |
1846 - 1916 |
Author & Museum
director |
| Jacques Jean Marie
de Morgan |
French |
1857 - 1924 |
Excavations at
Saqqara |
| Henri Edouard
Naville |
Swiss |
1844 - 1926 |
Excavations at
Abydos |
| Percy Edward
Newberry |
British |
1869-1949 |
Worked with Howard
Carter Tomb of Tutankhamun |
| Giuseppe
Passalacqua |
Italian |
1797 - 1865 |
Collector of
antiquities |
| John Shae Perring |
British |
1813 - 1869 |
Pyramids |
| William Matthew
Flinders Petrie |
British |
1853 - 1942 |
Pyramids at Giza |
| James Edward
Quibell |
British |
1867 - 1935 |
Excavations &
antiquities expert |
| George Andrew
Reisner |
American |
1867 - 1942 |
Nubia and Giza |
| Henry Salt |
British |
1780 - 1827 |
Collector of
antiquities |
| Richard William
Howard Vyse |
British |
1784 - 1853 |
Pyramids |
| John Gardner
Wilkinson |
British |
1797 - 1875 |
Thebes / Valley of
the Kings |
|
Famous Egyptologists |
