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