Stuart Tyson Smith

Stuart Tyson Smith (born 1960) is an 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)

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)