Library of Congress Classification for Ancient Egypt
Most academic libraries in North America, including this one, use the Library of Congress (LC) Classification System to organize materials. LC divides all knowledge into 21 classes.
Works about Archaeology of a science are identified by the class C and sub-class CC. Works on Ancient Egypt are identified by the class D and the sub-class DT. Materials are further organized by the number range that follows the subclass letters.
Click this link to see the Library of Congress Classification by letter and by number ranges.
Below are listed the respective ranges:
BL Religions. Mythology, Rationalism
- BL2420 -2460 Egyptian Religion
DT - History of Africa
- DT43-154 Egypt
- DT56.8-69.5 Antiquities
- DT63-63.5 Pyramids
P - Languages and Literature
- PJ1001-1989 Egyptology
- PJ1091-1109 Egyptian writing and its decipherment
- PJ1111-1446 Language
- PJ1481-1989 Literature. Inscriptions
- PJ2001-2199 Coptic
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