He could read hieroglyphics. And we asked him much more technical questions which he was able to answer.

We had a second tour guide for a different area. He was not an archaeologist. But he was like one of those nerdy guys who study the subject really well and then explain it. His passion and tour guiding was very different than the first, more academic in nature.

> He could read hieroglyphics. And we asked him much more technical questions which he was able to answer

He took the mandated guide courses. They call themselves Egyptologists after that. That doesn’t make it a scam. Just that he wasn’t equipped for academia.

It is notorious that almost all the well-paid and serious positions in Egyptology are with the government in Cairo or at a foreign universities and museums.