Egyptian Hieroglyphs Made Easy

by Smiles Productions

Product Features

• Logograms are signs that represent concepts or entire words, such as "pr" meaning "house." . Language of the Pharoahs
• Biliteral signs stand for two consonants like "ms," "km" or "kp."
• Triliteral signs stand for three consonant like "nfr" or "wsr."
• # Monoliteral signs represent a single consonant like "b" or "p."
• Egyptian Hieroglyphics: All hieroglyphic signs can be divided into five basic types: Consonants or Monoliteral Signs, Bi-Consonant or Biliteral Signs, T

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00007L5U5
• Date first available at Amazon.com: December 11, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,984 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Learning and understanding of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic language. The hieroglyphic script was the longest lived and earliest form of the Egyptian language. Its use was limited primarily to religious and monumental inscriptions, whereas a more cursive script called hieratic was preferred for administrative and epistolary purposes. Hieroglyphic Egyptian employs pictures of objects, each with its own value, to form a complex system in which some signs represent sounds (phonetic signs), and others represent meaning (logograms). All hieroglyphic signs can be divided into five basic types: Consonants or Monoliteral Signs, Bi-Consonant or Biliteral Signs, Tri-Consonants or Triliterals Signs, Logograms, and Determinatives. Monoliteral signs represent a single consonant like "b" or "p." Biliteral signs stand for two consonants like "ms," "km" or "kp." Triliteral signs stand for three consonant like "nfr" or "wsr."

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Computer Exercises, July 6, 2007

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Carol Koller (Walnut Creek, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Egyptian Hieroglyphs Made Easy (CD-ROM)

Although not the most thorough or complete in teaching Egyptian Hieroglyphs, it does give the basics and provide some valuable tests and exercises that I found extremely valuable. The best software program on the market that I have found so far.