加州大学洛杉矶分校埃及学副教授韦利克·文德里希说：“没有证据证实（古埃及人利用）风筝抬起重物。”
"The evidence for kitelifting is non-existent," says Willeke Wendrich, an associate professor of Egyptology at the University of California, Los Angeles.
埃及学的就业前景怎么样？
问：我可以在那些大学学习埃及学？能学到什么？
Q: Should I go to Egypt on a tour before I begin studying Egyptology?
法语和德语的埃及学著述及出版物数量庞大，因而这两门语言的学习必不可少。
The amount of Egyptology literature and publication in those languages makes the learning of French and German a must.
答：在很多欧洲国家都可以从本科开始学习埃及学，特别是英国、法国和德国。
A: in many European countries, it is possible to start Egyptology at an undergraduate level. This is particularly true in the UK, France and Germany.
埃及随之进入国力复兴的新时期，该时期被埃及学专家称为新王国时期。
Followed a new phase of revival for Egypt, a period known to Egyptologists as the new Empire.
答：因为在中学时期没有埃及学这样一门考试课，所以你得按照大学的要求自己做好准备。
A: As you cannot study Egyptology for a full exam at school, you should prepare yourself for University requirements.
英国经理人在牛津大学攻读过英国文学和古埃及学，靠老同学的关系网升为经理。
British managers became managers by studying English literature and Egyptology at Oxford and by going through the old boy network.
以下是开设埃及学的大学(如有遗漏请原谅)，我没有包括那些不能在研究生阶段继续学习的学校。
The following are some universities which teach Egyptology (apologies for any omissions); I do not include those where it would not be possible to follow it at a graduate level.
兰登不知道是否曾有德高望重的哈佛大学的埃及学专家敲过金字塔的前门并期望有人开门。
Langdon wondered if any of Harvard's revered Egyptologists had ever knocked on the front door of a pyramid and expected an answer.
英国的经理人通过在牛津大学学习英国文学和古埃及学以及凭借老同学的关系网而成为经理。
British managers became managers by studying English literature and Egyptology at Oxford and by going through the Old Boy Network.
许多人相信，我们已经发现了我们能力所及的所有关于古埃及的一切，而且埃及学是一门死亡、被埋葬的课题。
Many believe that we have found out everything we can about Ancient Egypt, and that Egyptology is a dead and buried subject.
已故的克劳斯.拜尔教授（芝加哥大学）曾感到自己有责任告诉所有一年级学生埃及学完全没有就业机会，还是及早放弃。
The late Klaus Baer (Univ. of Chicago) felt it his duty to take aside all first year students and let them know there are no jobs in Egyptology, so quit now.
很多个世纪以来，它使研究埃及古器物和考古学的最杰出的人都感到困惑。
It mystified the most brilliant minds in the study of Egyptian artifacts and archaeology for many many centuries.
考古学的魔铲让我们发现了遗失的整个埃及世界。
The magic spades of archaeology have given us the whole lost world of Egypt.
考古学的魔铲让我们发现了遗失的整个埃及世界。
The magic spades of archaeology have given us the whole lost world of Egypt.
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