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Middle Egyptian: An Introduction to the Language and Culture of Hieroglyphs

James P. Allen

PublishedJun 15, 2000
LanguageEnglish

This introduction to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts is designed as a textbook for university and college classes, and is also suitable for individuals learning ancient Egyptian on their own. It contains 26 lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary, as well as 25 essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. It also offers scholars of linguistics a complete grammatical description of the classical language of ancient Egypt.