by Richard Parkinson · BRITISH MUSEUM · tapa dura · ISBN 9780714130071
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«Pocket Guide to Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs» is Richard Parkinson's guide to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, published by the British Museum in hardback.
Explains the fundamentals of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic writing: how to recognise the signs, read and write proper names and short messages, and what many hieroglyphs mean. Aimed at children and adults, it also recalls how Jean-François Champollion deciphered this script in the 19th century.
Part of the British Museum Pocket Guides series. Text entirely in English, with 96 pages; the edition appeared in 2004.
Suitable for children and adults: works as a first approach to ancient Egyptian writing, for both the curious and history students.
