Lessons to learn Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Beautiful Letters| N° d'inventaire | 20073 |
| Format | 17 x 24 |
| Détails | 248 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2020 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782251450735 |
19 lessons to learn how to decipher the most common Egyptian monuments. For the first time in the history of Egyptology, the teaching is organized around inscriptions of progressive difficulty, and not around grammatical categories. To make them easier to recognize on the inscriptions, all the signs are presented through more than 700 facsimiles, in their forms from the most detailed – with their original colors – to the most cursive. The documents studied are photographs, so that the student can put their knowledge of the monuments into practice as quickly as possible. The iconography, symbols, gods, and characters, knowledge of which is useful for understanding the texts, are explained and richly illustrated. Both for the beginner who wants to discover the beauty of Egyptian writing and know what the inscriptions are about, and for the researcher studying the graphic evolution of hieroglyphs, this book is today one of the best gateways to the subject, both accessible and scholarly. This new edition of the only textbook of Egyptian epigraphy is at the forefront of the latest research in paleography and grammar, made more accessible with four additional lessons.
19 lessons to learn how to decipher the most common Egyptian monuments. For the first time in the history of Egyptology, the teaching is organized around inscriptions of progressive difficulty, and not around grammatical categories. To make them easier to recognize on the inscriptions, all the signs are presented through more than 700 facsimiles, in their forms from the most detailed – with their original colors – to the most cursive. The documents studied are photographs, so that the student can put their knowledge of the monuments into practice as quickly as possible. The iconography, symbols, gods, and characters, knowledge of which is useful for understanding the texts, are explained and richly illustrated. Both for the beginner who wants to discover the beauty of Egyptian writing and know what the inscriptions are about, and for the researcher studying the graphic evolution of hieroglyphs, this book is today one of the best gateways to the subject, both accessible and scholarly. This new edition of the only textbook of Egyptian epigraphy is at the forefront of the latest research in paleography and grammar, made more accessible with four additional lessons.