"Egyptologist" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the wet towels from my face one by one. He peeled them off with the professional neatness of an Egyptologist unwrapping a mummy. When he reached my face he looked searchingly at it. There was suspicion ...
— Behind the Beyond - and Other Contributions to Human Knowledge • Stephen Leacock
... or rather, the historical study of antiquity and the middle ages. It is evident that mediaeval Latin palaeography forms part of the necessary outfit of the mediaevalist, just as the palaeography of hieroglyphics is essential to the Egyptologist. There is, however, a difference to be observed. No one will ever think of devoting himself to Egyptology without having first studied the appropriate palaeography. On the other hand, it is not very rare for a man to undertake the study of local documents of the middle ...
— Introduction to the Study of History • Charles V. Langlois |
