Understanding Hieroglyphs

Résumé du livre

For 1500 years the hieroglphs of Ancient Egypt defied interpretation but werehought to conceal ancient wisdom and religious secrets. When at last theyere deciphered, the hieroglyphs provided something quite different; aicture of ordinary life. The hieroglyphs were concerned not with esotericituals but with facts: dates, names, places, and details of people's ranknd position in society.;Hilary Wilson provides translations of hundreds ofhe most commonly used hieroglyphs by means of easy-to-use tables, andncludes examples from monuments, documents and museum exhibits. She alsoxplains the significance of the terms used, so as to offer a fullernderstanding of what the original scribe was trying to convey.