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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823792803321

Autore

Wilson Penelope

Titolo

Hieroglyphs : a very short introduction / / Penelope Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, c2004

ISBN

1-280-76277-2

0-19-151707-0

1-4356-0549-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (130 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Very short introductions

Disciplina

493/.111

Soggetti

Egyptian language - Writing, Hieroglyphic

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"First published as an Oxford University Press Hardback 2003" -- t.p. verso.

"First published as a Very Short Introduction 2004" -- t.p. verso.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 120-121) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.