Stuart Tyson Smith

Stuart Tyson Smith
Born	1960 (age 65–66)
Alma mater	University of California, Los Angeles
Scientific career
Fields	Egyptology
Institutions	University of California, Santa Barbara

Stuart Tyson Smith (born 1960) is an American Egyptologist and professor in the Anthropology department at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His specialty is the interaction between ancient Egypt and Nubia.

Smith is known for reconstruction of the ancient Egyptian language for the films Stargate (1994) and The Mummy (1999)

Bibliography

Nonfiction

• Askut in Nubia (1995)
• Wretched Kush: Ethnic Identities and Boundaries in Egypt's Nubian Empire (2003)
• Valley of the Kings (2003)

Contributor

• Studies in Culture Contact: Interaction, Culture Change, and Archaeology (1998)
• Box Office Archaeology: Refining Hollywood's Portrayals of the Past (2007)

External links

• Stuart Tyson Smith homepage