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The Egyptology is the archaeology`s
important field, that studies the religion, the history, the
literature the language and the art of the ancient Egypt, from
the 5th millennium BC till the 4th century AD. The people who
practice this discipline are Egyptologists. The oldest
Egyptologists are the ancient Egyptians themselves; a very good
example is Thutmose IV who, even before he became a pharaoh
restored the Sphinx. Another example is Ramesses II`s fourth
son, the prince Khaemweset, who identified and restored tombs,
historic buildings and temples like the Unas pyramid in
Saqqara.The problems that concerns the ancient Egypt and which
are in the view of the Egyptology are numerous and open. A
constant transition state characterizes the archaeology of
Egypt, the chronology and the terminology being in some kind of
dispute. With artifacts that miss or were destroyed and with
countless relics, the archeology records are not complete. The
old conclusions concerning the ancient Egypt are put into the
question by the new discoveries of the archeology. Among the
most important Egyptologists is Karl Richard Lepsius who
participated at some Egyptians investigations, excavating,
mapping and recording some sites. Jean Francois Champollion is
the one who made for the first time a general decipherment of
the Egyptians hieroglyphics. The decipherment of the Stone the
Egyptology` s important development. William Matthew Flinders
Petrie brought also great contributions to the Egyptology due to
his techniques of excavating, recording and preservation. In the
modern times, the Egyptologists` s work is observed and
controlled by the Supreme Council for Antiquities. The systems of
Egyptian writing, as well as the Egyptian languages are
important for Egyptology. In the modern Egyptology are many
theories called pseudoscientific and rejected by some
Egyptologists. Among these theories are the extraterrestrial and
the esoteric ones. |
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