The hieroglyphs of ancient Egypt

Front Cover......Page 1
THE HIEROGLYPHS OF ANCIENT EGYPT......Page 4
The Coptic Period......Page 7
INTRODUCTION......Page 9
Beginnings......Page 11
Most Ancient Egypt......Page 15
The Dawn of Writing......Page 16
Egyptian Names and Titles......Page 22
Naming the King......Page 23
That which the Sun Encircles......Page 29
The Great House......Page 33
The Tongue of the Pharaohs......Page 37
The Egyptian Alphabet......Page 39
The Hieroglyphic Writing System......Page 43
Hand-Written Hieroglyphs and their Derivatives......Page 46
Ancient Egyptian Grammar......Page 49
Dates and Numbers......Page 53
The Words of a Pharaoh......Page 57
Lists, Stories and Inscriptions......Page 59
Inscriptions for the Gods......Page 61
The Texts of Burial......Page 65
Autobiographies......Page 69
Historical Inscriptions......Page 73
Chronicles......Page 75
Administrative Documents......Page 77
Expedition Records......Page 79
Wisdom and Philosophy......Page 81
Human Relationships......Page 85
Stories......Page 87
Texts of Magic ami Medicine......Page 89
The End of the Ancient Language......Page 91
Hieroglyphs for the Modern Age......Page 93
Hieroglyphs Eclipsed......Page 95
Pointing the Way......Page 99
Kircher's Flight of Fancy......Page 100
The First Glimmers of Enlightenment......Page 102
The Key is Found......Page 105
Young and Champollion......Page 107
The Rosetta Stone......Page 109
The Strongman and the Queen......Page 112
Exit Young......Page 115
The Breakthrough......Page 116
Champollion's Legacy......Page 118
The Pretenders......Page 119
The End of the Mystery......Page 120
The End of the Beginning......Page 122
The Berlin School......Page 123
Modern Times......Page 125
DYNASTIES AND CHRONOLOGIES......Page 129
The Hieroglyphic Names of the Kings of Egypt......Page 131
Chronology and the Kings of Ancient Egypt......Page 133
Where to see hieroglyphs......Page 137
Glossary......Page 139
Bibliography and websites......Page 140
Index......Page 142
Acknowledgements......Page 145
Maps......Page 146
Back Cover
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