Egyptology
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| - | '''Egyptology''' (from ''Egypt'' and [[Ancient Greek|Greek]] {{lang|grc|[[wiktionary:-λογία|-λογία]]}}, ''[[wiktionary:-logia|-logia]]''. {{lang-ar|[[wiktionary:علم المصريات|علم المصريات]]}}) is the study of [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[History of Egypt|history]], [[Egyptian language|language]], [[Ancient Egyptian literature|literature]], [[Ancient Egyptian religion|religion]], [[Ancient Egyptian architecture|architecture]] and [[Art of ancient Egypt|art]] from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an “[[List of Egyptologists|Egyptologist]]”. In Europe, particularly on the [[Continental Europe|Continent]], Egyptology is primarily regarded as being a [[philology|philological]] discipline, while in North America it is often regarded as a branch of [[archaeology]]. | + | '''Egyptology''' is the study of [[ancient Egypt]]ian [[History of Egypt|history]], [[Egyptian language|language]], [[Ancient Egyptian literature|literature]], [[Ancient Egyptian religion|religion]], [[Ancient Egyptian architecture|architecture]] and [[Art of ancient Egypt|art]] from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an “[[List of Egyptologists|Egyptologist]]”. In Europe, particularly on the [[Continental Europe|Continent]], Egyptology is primarily regarded as being a [[philology|philological]] discipline, while in North America it is often regarded as a branch of [[archaeology]]. |
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Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”. In Europe, particularly on the Continent, Egyptology is primarily regarded as being a philological discipline, while in North America it is often regarded as a branch of archaeology.
See also
- List of Egyptologists
- List of writers about Egypt till the 19th century
- Egyptomania
- Excavation
- Artifacts
Other related disciplines not mentioned in the article:
- Anthropology
- Archaeoastronomy
- Architecture
- Art history
- Assyriology
- Biblical studies
- Chronology
- Epigraphy
- Ethnoarchaeology
- Iranology
- Language studies
- Philology
- Social history
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