the waddington Lending Library

Authors: Rainer Hagen and Rose-Marie Hagen

How much do we really know about Ancient Egypt? The pharaohs and pyramids are familiar history fodder, but what about the farmers, the soldiers, the laborers, and the families that made up the vast majority of this much mythologized civilization? With a thrilling spread of visual references, this TASCHEN adventure attempts to set the record straight by offering a distinctive everyday take on Ancient Egypt.

Like a piece of published excavation, the book explores the many layers of this ancient society, digging down from the sacred or grandiose to the daily experiences and ordinary individuals. The democratic approach bestows this distant era with exciting vitality and relevance for all the family.

As we explore everything from family arrangements to leisure activities to labor movements, we not only uncover the different experiences of this ancient land but also parallels and precedents to our own societies. The result is a particularly vivid encounter with an ancient age and with some of our most ingenious and influential forebears.

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Authors: Various

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Author: Bill Petty, PhD

The Egyptian Glyphary is part of Museum Tours’ series “The Essentials” books that anyone serious about the study of Egyptology will find useful.

This unique Egyptian language dictionary is called a Glyphary to distinguish it from dictionaries that list entries in strictly alphabetical order. Rather, it lists words based on the hieroglyphic signs that they contain, resulting in easier word look-up. One can find a word without knowing its beginning letter or its transliteration. A word can often be found even if part of the word is missing or unreadable.

It has been created to fill a need for a low cost, yet comprehensive, translation aid to hieroglyphs that is convenient to use. Its emphasis is on words found in monumental inscriptions, as opposed to words found strictly in papyri. The words it contains are most likely to be encountered on the monuments in Egypt or in museums. It contains a total of about 8,000 total entries, of which about 4,000 are unique. This compares favourably to the 2,500 entries in the vocabulary of Alan Gardiner’s “Egyptian Grammar”, and the 5,000 plus entries in Raymond Faulkner’s “Dictionary of Middle Egyptian”.

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Author: Sir Alan Gardiner

Although the first edition of the study appeared over seventy years ago, Gardiner’s Egyptian Grammar remains the most comprehensive presentation of Middle Egyptian available, and is still an essential reference tool for all advanced work in the language. The latest, third, edition, appeared in 1957 and is now in its tenth reprinting. After each new element of grammar the learner is given a set of exercises, and the book also contains useful resources such as a list of hieroglyphic signs and information about the development of the language.

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Author: E A Wallis Budge

Reprint of the 1911 ed. published by K. Paul, Trench, Trèubner, London, which was issued as v. 31 of Books on Egypt and Chaldaea.

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Author: Bill Manley

A brand-new and groundbreaking approach to reading hieroglyphs by a proven expert and teacher

A Step-by-step introduction to Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Assumes no knowledge of grammar or ancient languages.

Real texts used – unedited and without any simplification.

A ‘What You Need To Know’ scheme takes you through the inscriptions, starting with simple and moving through more complex texts, building up your knowledge and skills using the latest methods.

A Discover tomb inscriptions of the ruling elite, inscriptions of kings and a shrine of Tutankhamun.

Read monuments from museums across the world.

Photographs and line drawings elegantly and clearly present the ancient texts.

• Fact boxes bring to life the monuments of high officials and kings, giving glimpses of the society and beliefs of the ancient Egyptians.
• Reference word lists on kings, gods and hieroglyphic signs.

Essential reading for anyone interested in Ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs or ancient languages.

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Author: Christine Hobson

EXPLORING THE WORLD OF THE PHARAOHS is a complete guide to ancient Egypt. Fully illustrated with stunning photographs, maps and diagrams, it provides the modern traveller, student or enthusiast with all the information necessary to appreciate this giant among early civilizations. Contents include:

Survey of the land of Egypt and its history

The story behind each of the major sites

Profiles of the great international archaeologists

Gazetteer for the tourist, to serve as a guide through the whole of Egypt

Specially drawn explanatory diagrams of the great tombs, pyramids and temples

Detailed maps and site plans

Comparative time-line chronicling the rise and fall of civilizations in the ancient world

Chronology and list of the principal kings of ancient Egypt

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