Egyptian

Everyone asks how I began studying Egyptian, and the story is fairly straightforward. I loved anything Egypt-related when I was a child (this movie was very influential), and then attended a university that had an Egyptology department. I started hieroglyphics as a freshman and became hooked, taking all the Egyptian language courses I could. Along the way, I became very interested in linguistics, and eventually decided to blend my two interests.

Here are a few handy Egyptology links.

• Egyptology Resources, the best jumping-off point for Egyptology on the web

• OEB, the Online Egyptological Bibliography

• EEF, the Egyptologists' Electronic Forum, a central clearinghouse for Egyptology on the web