Hieroglyphs : a very short introduction / Penelope Wilson.
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TextSeries: Very short introductionsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2004.Description: 1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 120-121) and index.
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In this study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of hieroglyphic script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as crptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today.
Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 The origins of writing in Egypt; 2 Hieroglyphic script and Egyptian language; 3 Hieroglyphs and art; 4 'I know you, I know your names'; 5 Scribes and everyday writing; 6 The decipherment of Egyptian; 7 Hieroglyphs in the modern world; Notes; Chronology; Further reading; Index.
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