Hieroglyphs (Very Short Introductions) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Hieroglyphs Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years. This work explores the cultural significance of the script and looks at areas such as cryptography and the decipherment into modern times.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 02 June 2005
- Format: Paperback 144 pages
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- Categories: Palaeography (history Of Writing) | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Archaeology | History Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780192805027 ISBN 10: 0192805029
- Sales rank: 340,975
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Full description for Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today.
