Author: Mark Collier
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520239494
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 196
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With the help of Egyptologists Collier and Manley, museum-goers, tourists, and armchair travelers alike can gain a basic knowledge of the language and culture of ancient Egypt. Each chapter introduces a new aspect of hieroglyphic script and encourages acquisition of reading skills with practical exercises. 200 illustrations.
Author: Bridget McDermott
Publisher: Chartwell Books
ISBN: 0785833994
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 178
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Decoding Egyptian Hieroglyphs interweaves a clear guide to deciphering this elegant, largely picture language with vivid depictions of its origins and the people themselves.
Author: Stéphane Rossini
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486260136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
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Guides readers to understand and transcribe hieroglyphics by presenting and explaining phonetic elements.
Author: Bill Manley
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 0500290288
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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An original and accessible approach to learning hieroglyphs, written by an experienced teacher and author. This is the first guide to reading hieroglyphs that begins with Egyptian monuments themselves. Assuming no knowledge on the part of the reader, it shows how to interpret the information on the inscriptions in a step-by-step journey through the script and language of ancient Egypt. We enter the world of the ancient Egyptians and explore their views on life and death, Egypt and the outside world, humanity and the divine. The book draws on texts found on some thirty artifacts ranging from coffins to stelae to obelisks found in museums in Egypt, America, and Europe, and selected across two thousand years. The texts are then explained clearly, and are supported by full translations, photographs, and line drawings.
Author: W. V. Davies
Publisher: British Museum Press
ISBN: 9780714180632
Category : Egyptian language
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Author: Barry Kemp
Publisher: Granta Publications
ISBN: 1847087507
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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“Written by the greatest living Egyptologist, this wonderful, fun, and short book will take you inside the heads of the ancient Egyptians.”—Sarah Parcak, National Geographic Egyptian culture is divided from us by several millennia, a lost people and a dead language. We can discover much about this fascinating civilization from its physical remains, but perhaps the greatest insights into the Egyptian mind come from Egyptian hieroglyphs. They reveal the priorities, concerns and beliefs of the Egyptians—a whole worldview. Unlike the Western alphabet, which is an arbitrary set of symbols not anchored in reality, each Egyptian hieroglyph denotes a concept central to Egyptian thinking. The language and its written form are intimately bound up with the imaginative world of the Egyptians. Here, Barry Kemp presents 100 of the Egyptian hieroglyphs to provide access to this unique culture. Kemp takes us on a journey through the Egyptian mind, revealing not only aspects of day-to-day life in Ancient Egypt, but gradually building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought. This fascinating book helps us get inside a long-vanished world. “A capsule key to the ancient Egyptian mind.”—Dr. Norman Hammond, The Times “Kemp uses 100 hieroglyphs as a springboard for discussion of a range of topics . . . This clever premise works well . . . [an] enjoyable and informative volume.”—Times Higher Education Supplement “This is most certainly a book that will challenge and reward.”—New World
Author: James E. Hoch
Publisher: Mississauga, Ont. : Benben Publications
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 338
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This is a practical, modern introductory grammar for classroom and self-instruction. Unlike Alan Gardiner's monumental Egyptian Grammar , this is not intended as a reference work, and it is designed to be as user-friendly as possible by, for example, presenting simplified forms of genuine texts rather than diving straight into the originals. It is suggested the the 16 lessons be spread over about 30 weeks study. The book is widely used in North American courses.
Author: Egyptophile Publishing
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781080005994
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The perfect notebook to help you learn Egyptian hieroglyphs This journal has graphed lines on the lefthand pages to help you learn to draw Egyptian hieroglyphs. The righthand pages are lined for you to write out the transliteration and translation of the hieroglyphs you wrote on the left. The layout and index help you keep your texts organized. 200 pages for practicing writing and translating ancient Egyptian texts - 100 graphed for hieroglyphs & 100 lined for your transliteration and translation Perfect for studying Egyptian hieroglyphs - but also could be used for other complex scripts Convenient 6x9" size is easy to travel with and similar in size to most Egyptian textbooks Includes an index to keep you organized Cover and interior pages include a quote in hieroglyphs from the ancient Egyptian sage Ptahotep Quote translates to: "Good speech is more rare than green stone, (yet) may be found (even) with the servants at the grindstone." In other words, eloquence is rare, but anyone can become eloquent, regardless of background - an appropriate sentiment for those of us learning a foreign language and writing system.
Author: Charles E. Nichols
Publisher: Charles Nichols
ISBN: 1438264682
Category : Egyptian language
Languages : en
Pages : 149
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This book is written for high school students and beginners. It avoids using complicated grammar. The examples are kept simple. In many cases the hieroglyphs are "unrolled" - each hieroglyphic word is presented to the student one hieroglyph at a time, just as we write an English word one letter at a time. Each hieroglyph is treated as if it were a letter. This makes it much easier for the beginning student. Volume 1 consists of a series of simple lessons which when completed will enable the student to read many simple hieroglyphic sentences and significant parts of more complex sentences. The grammar presented is "Middle Egyptian" which is the most common version taught. It is not necessary to have previously studied any other foreign language. In many ways, learning ancient Egyptian will be easier for the student who has never studied a foreign language before.
Author: Richard Parkinson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780760753804
Category : Egypt
Languages : en
Pages : 100
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