The Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Lesley And Roy Adkins

The Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Lesley And Roy Adkins

Egyptian hieroglyphs are the subject of endless fascination to many. This is the first book to make the basics of hieroglyphs truly easy to understand. Explaining briefly the history and development of the language, it then gives the Egyptian alphabet and shows how simple it is to spell your own name using hieroglyphs. Here, too, is an introduction to the Pharoahs, the Gods, the Nile and the Egyptian calendar, the scribes, and the common texts in tombs, on statues, and in papyrii helping you to recognise all the most common hieroglyphic words and phrases. In short this is the complete introduction for any visitor to Egypt, student of the language, or just the fascinated layman.

'If you were visiting Egypt this book would be indispensible in helping you to decipher words and names of pharoahs and gods on tombs and monumentsGood value...and a handy size.' -- Amazon reader review

Lesley and Roy Adkins are both archaeologists and Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London. Lesley has a degree in archaeology, ancient history and Latin from the University of Bristol and Roy a degree in archaeology from University College, Cardiff.

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ISBN 13	9780340794913
ISBN 10	0340794917
Title	The Little Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Author	Lesley And Roy Adkins
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton
Year published	2002-06-06
Number of pages	192
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