The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt [Hardcover]

Aidan Dodson (Author)

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Publication Date: August 1, 2001

Dozens of exquisite color photographs of ancient sites, artifacts, texts, and wall paintings, as well as focus features, timelines, and chronology, make the history of hieroglyphics come vibrantly alive. In fascinating detail, this authoritative discussion covers the origins of the Egyptian language and its alphabet; three millennia of writing; the mysteries of the hieroglyphs; and the efforts to decipher this most elaborate and beautiful pictorial language. Every breathtaking example, from burial texts to handwritten and stone-carved images, illuminates exactly what hieroglyphs meant to the ancient inhabitants of the Nile Valley and to the early scholars who struggled to decode their script.

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Aidan Dodson is a Visiting Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at Bristol University, where he teaches Egyptology. He has lectured in England, Scotland, Egypt, Denmark, Canada and the United States and is a contributing Editor of the Egyptological magazine, KMT. He has written over 80 articles and reviews and is the author of six books, including The Mummy in Ancient Egypt (Thames and Hudson, 1998) and After the Pyramids (Rubicon, 1999). He lives in Redland, Bristol. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Struik Publishers (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1859746675
• ISBN-13: 978-1859746677
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,529,537 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Aidan Dodson was born in 1962 in London and brought up in Slough, Berkshire. He studied Egyptology at Durham, Liverpool and Cambridge Universities, obtaining his BA in 1985, his MPhil in 1986 and his PhD in 1995; he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He has taught in the Department of Archaeology & Anthropology at Bristol University, where he is now a Senior Research Fellw, since 1996 and has given public lectures in the UK, the USA, Canada, Egypt, Denmark, Italy and Spain. He met his wife while teaching her Egyptology at an adult education class; they live in Bristol.

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5.0 out of 5 stars History of Egyptian Hieroglyphs, May 10, 2006

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This review is from: the Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt (Hardcover)

3,500 years ago the hieroglyphs were invented by the Egyptians and were in use until the death of Cleopatra in 30 BC. when the Romans conquered Egypt. This book traces the history and use of hieroglyphs by the Pharoahs as well as a description of the hieroglyphs and translation of the hieroglyphs themselves as they were translated by Champollion the first man to decipher them. There is also a list of the pharoahs and other rulers of Egypt illustrated by their Cartouches.