UID:
almafu_9959244288902883
Umfang:
1 online resource (130 pages) :
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illustrations.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-280-76277-2
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0-19-151707-0
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1-4356-0549-7
Serie:
Very short introductions
Inhalt:
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.
Anmerkung:
"First published as an Oxford University Press Hardback 2003" -- t.p. verso.
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"First published as a Very Short Introduction 2004" -- t.p. verso.
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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.
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-280502-9
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-19-177608-4
Sprache:
Englisch
