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EGYPTOLOGY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Egyptology mean? 

EGYPTOLOGY (noun)
  The noun EGYPTOLOGY has 1 sense:

1. archeology of ancient Egyptian artifactsplay

  Familiarity information: EGYPTOLOGY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EGYPTOLOGY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Archeology of ancient Egyptian artifacts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Egyptology" is a kind of...):

archaeology; archeology (the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures)

Derivation:

Egyptologist (an archeologist who specializes in Egyptology)


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