Author: Richard Bussmann
This journey into ancient Egypt travels 5,000 years back in time to the origins of Pharaonic civilization. Using original historical texts, it explores life along the Nile through the hieroglyphic script and the language of hieroglyphic texts.
Complete Middle Egyptian uses an innovative discovery method to teach hieroglyphs, placing emphasis on a deeper understanding of the language. Throughout the book, readers are encouraged to study texts on their own before grammar is explained and reinforced with a wide range of exercises, including classical transliteration and translation. From the beginning, they will encounter original texts reproduced in the form in which they were carved on the tomb and temple walls. By studying the photos, drawings and maps while doing the exercises, students will understand the historical relevance of the texts, and hence the core tenets of ancient Egyptian culture.
Structured around different themes, the course progresses from signs and words, to sentences and verb forms, and eventually to longer passages. It moves from funerary inscriptions, through the world of kings and officials, to key religious ideas, and finally fiction and bureaucracy. This is an ideal language course for anyone interested in learning hieroglyphs, whether motivated by history, archaeology, travel, or simple curiosity, and is suitable for both self-study and classroom use.
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