Howard Carter

male, deceased (1939)
Kensington, Lymphoma death, Swaffham, Norfolk, egyptologist, egyptology, luxor
Howard Carter (May 9 1874 - March 2 1939) was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist born in Kensington, England. His childhood was spent...
Flinders Petrie

Flinders Petrie

male, deceased (1942)
Fellow of the Royal Society, FRS, Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, Knights Bachelor, British, Academic…egyptology
Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS (3 June 1853 - 28 July 1942), known as Flinders Petrie, was an English Egyptologist and a pioneer...
Bob Brier

Bob Brier

male, 65 years old
Discovery Civilization, Long Island University, Mr. Mummy, Robert Brier, Ph.D, paleopathology, paleopathologist…egyptology
Robert Brier, Ph.D (born December 13, 1943), also affectionately known as Mr. Mummy, is a world-renowned American Egyptologist specializing in...

Jean-François Champollion

male, deceased (1832)
buried at Père Lachaise Cemetery, Scholar, Philologist, Polyglot, Orientalist, philology…egyptology
Jean-François Champollion was a French classical scholar, philologist and orientalist. Champollion deciphered the Egyptian hieroglyphs with the h...
Thomas Young

Thomas Young

male, deceased (1829)
physiology, Optics, egyptology, egyptologist, Polymath, physicist
Thomas Young (June 13, 1773-May 10, 1829) was an English polymath, contributing to optics, physiology, and Egyptology, among other fields.
James Henry Breasted

James Henry Breasted

male, deceased (1935)
Fertile Crescent, From Rockford, Illinois, North Central College alumni, hieroglyphic, Archaeologist, egyptologist…egyptology
James Henry Breasted (August 27 1865-December 2, 1935) was born in Rockford, Illinois and was an archaeologist and historian. He was educated at...
Joyce Tyldesley

Joyce Tyldesley

female
Joyce Ann Tyldesley, Joyce Ann Tyldesely, Bolton, Lancashire, From Bolton, LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY, egyptology
Joyce Ann Tyldesley is a British archaeologist, academic, and free lance writer. She was Honorary Research Fellow at the School of Archaeology,...
David Rohl

David Rohl

male
Audio engineer, Alumni of University College London, English, Alumni of the Institute of Archaeology, David M. Rohl, egyptology
David M. Rohl (born 12 September 1950) is a British Egyptologist and historian who has put forth several controversial theories concerning the...

Renee Friedman

female
PhD, egyptologist, American, egyptology, University of California, Berkeley, Protodynastic Period of Egypt
Renee Friedman is an American Egyptologist, who studied at the University of California, Berkeley, where her thesis was on the Predynastic cemetery...