ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs - Brossura

Malek, Jaromir

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1854442473 ISBN 13: 9781854442475

Casa editrice: Ashmolean Museum, 2010

Riassunto

Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are renowned for their beauty and elegance, but they have also become a byword for writing which is very difficult to read. Although they represent people, animals, birds, reptiles, insects and various objects, they are not mere picture writing. They form a system with firmly established rules, just like any other script.

ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs is intended both for young people and for museum visitors of any age who have an inquisitive mind and want to know more than the information provided on museum labels. It explains the main principles of hieroglyphic writing and the ancient Egyptian language. It contains lists of the most frequently occurring hieroglyphs and shows how they were used on examples of monuments in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Simple exercises test the reader's understanding. The aim of the book is to improve everybody's knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilisation in a lively and entertaining way.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jaromir Malek is editor of Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings and Keeper of the Archive at the Griffith Institute, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

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ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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Su questa edizione

• Editore: Ashmolean Museum
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1854442473
• ISBN 13: 9781854442475
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 47
• Disegnatore: Cox Marion