Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs are renowned for their beauty and elegance, but they have also become a byword for writing which is very difficult to read. Although they represent people, animals, birds, reptiles, insects and various objects, they are not mere picture writing. They form a system with firmly established rules, just like any other script.
ABC of Egyptian Hieroglyphs is intended both for young people and for museum visitors of any age who have an inquisitive mind and want to know more than the information provided on museum labels. It explains the main principles of hieroglyphic writing and the ancient Egyptian language. It contains lists of the most frequently occurring hieroglyphs and shows how they were used on examples of monuments in the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. Simple exercises test the reader's understanding. The aim of the book is to improve everybody's knowledge of ancient Egyptian civilisation in a lively and entertaining way.
- Genre: Art
- Subgenre: Reference
- Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
- Pages: 47
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: July 16, 2011
- Date Published: July 16, 2011
- Author: Jaromir Malek
- Illustrator: Marion Cox