Egyptology

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Egyptology is the academic study of ancient Egypt’s language, history, archaeology, art, and culture, primarily through its written records and material remains.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf academic discipline
area of study
field of archaeology
aimsTo interpret ancient Egyptian texts
preserve ancient Egyptian monuments
reconstruct ancient Egyptian history
understand ancient Egyptian society
focusesOn material remains of ancient Egypt
written records of ancient Egypt
geographicFocus Nile Delta
Nile Valley
Sinai Peninsula
oases of the Western Desert
hasImportantDiscovery Abydos King List
surface form: Abydos inscriptions

Rosetta Stone
Valley of the Kings
surface form: Valley of the Kings tombs

Karnak Temple Complex
surface form: temple complex of Karnak

Valley of the Kings
surface form: tomb of Tutankhamun
hasKeyEvent decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs
hasKeyFigure Auguste Mariette
Flinders Petrie
Gaston Maspero
Howard Carter
James Henry Breasted
James P. Allen
Jean-François Champollion
Lepsius
surface form: Karl Richard Lepsius

Sir Alan Gardiner
hasProfessionalOrganization American Research Center in Egypt
Egypt Exploration Society
International Association of Egyptologists
hasPublicationType academic journal
excavation report
monograph
hasSubfield Egyptian archaeology
Egyptian art history
Egyptian epigraphy
Egyptian philology
Egyptian religion studies
institutionalizedInCentury 19th century
languageOfSources Coptic language
Egyptian language
Greek language
relatedTo Middle Eastern studies
surface form: Near Eastern studies

archaeology
art history
history
linguistics
philology
religious studies
studies Pharaonic Egypt
surface form: ancient Egypt

ancient Egyptian archaeology
ancient Egyptian art
ancient Egyptian culture
ancient Egyptian history
ancient Egyptian language
ancient Egyptian religion
studiesObjectType coffins
mummies
papyrus manuscripts
pyramids
reliefs
statues
stelae
temples
tombs
wall paintings
studiesPeriod Early Dynastic Egypt
Late Period of Egypt
Middle Kingdom of Egypt
New Kingdom of Egypt
Old Kingdom of Egypt
Predynastic Egypt
Ptolemaic Kingdom
Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
surface form: Roman Egypt

Third Intermediate Period of Egypt
studiesScript Coptic script
Egyptian hieroglyphs
demotic script
hieratic
taughtAt research institutes
universities
usesMethod archaeological excavation
art historical analysis
epigraphy
historical method
philological analysis

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Narmer fieldOfStudy Egyptology
Thomas Young fieldOfWork Egyptology
Rosetta Stone relatedField Egyptology
Coffin Texts scholarlyField Egyptology