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Huub Pragt received a MA in Egyptology from the University of Leiden in the Netherlands and did an internship at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Immediately after his studies, he started working at the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. For ten years he was engaged in education and public activities.

In January 2001 he founded his own training institute "Huub Pragt Egyptologist". In the years that followed he specialized in giving courses on hieroglyphs. Often, he is asked to lecture and he also organizes short trips in the field of ancient Egypt. He wrote two novels in Dutch about ancient Egypt. His enthusiastic and accessible style of knowledge transfer allows many to become even more interested after attending his courses, lectures, or trips to Egypt.