Hieroglyphs | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780192805027 | Hieroglyphs | A Very Short Introduction | Wilson | Taschenbuch | 2004

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Beschreibung

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.

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Über den Autor

Penelope Wilson obtained her undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Liverpool, and worked as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for seven years. She is presently Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Durham, and Field Director for the Egyptian Exploration Society Mission to Sais in Egypt.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1: The origins of writing in Egypt
2: Hieroglyphic script and the 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

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2004
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Vor- & Frühgeschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Reihe:	Oxford University Press
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780192805027
ISBN-10:	0192805029
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Wilson, Penelope (Department of Archa. . .
Hersteller:	Oxford University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße:	176 x 111 x 12 mm
Von/Mit:	Penelope (Department of Archa. . . Wilson
Erscheinungsdatum:	12.08.2004
Gewicht:	0,131 kg