Egyptological
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- adjective
- /ˌiːdʒɪpˈtɒlədʒɪkəl/
- Formal
- The conference featured several renowned speakers discussing Egyptological discoveries from recent excavations.
Examples
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She enrolled in an Egyptological program to learn more about ancient Egyptian history and artifacts.
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While Steven accepts that the pyramids were built by ancient Egyptians, his description of that culture (its history, its religion, and the reasons it built its monuments) is at odds with traditional Egyptological explanations.
Academic text (2010) -
He had met Louise Georges fifteen years ago in Egyptological circles.
Fiction book (2001) -
Dn St John's Street is the Griffith Institute, one of the greatest storehouses of Egyptological documents in the world.
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His research included an Egyptological analysis of ancient texts found in tombs.
Synonyms
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6.3
Relating to the study of past human life by digging up old objects
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Relating to the study of people who lived long ago by digging up old objects
Surface Forms
Morphology
Egyptological = Egyptology (transparent) = Egyptology + ical
Formed by adding the adjective-forming element '-ical' to 'Egyptology', yielding 'relating to Egyptology' in a straightforward way.
Etymology
The word Egyptological comes from Egypt plus the ending -ology meaning 'study' and -ical meaning 'relating to'. So, Egyptological describes things about the study of ancient Egypt, like museum collections, research, or books, just as biology is the study of life.