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Title: How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Step-by-Step Guide to Teach Yourself, Revised Edition by Mark Collier, Bill Manley ISBN: 0-520-23949-0 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 05 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.43 (47 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Fun and Easy Step-By-Step Guide to Teach Yourself!
Comment: This book is an easy and fun way of learning to read Egyptian Hieroglyphs. It includes step-by-step lessons and practice exercises for you to do each time you learn something new. You will encounter texts, including ones that have been taken from monuments from the British Museum. Plus Mark Collier and Bill Manley,the authors,are proffesional teachers who have been teaching Ancient Hieroglyph courses since 1992 to several groups and institutions. This book was designed for people who have never had exierence in reading hieroglyphs before or for people who just want to improve or fill in the gaps of previous studying.

Rating: 5
Summary: The place to start.
Comment: This book is absolutely perfect for the beginner who either wishes to start serious studies into how to read and write heiroglyphs, or who is simply curious about heiroglyphs and wants to pursue learning in his or her spare time.

Well laid-out chapters start you with the basics of one-syllable heiroglyphs, and finish with complex multi-syllabic words. The very first page has you memorizing heiroglyphs and their transliterations, and by the end of the first chapter you'll know how to translate an actual ancient Egyptian stela.

The book is very hands on... Each chapter has exercises so you can do your homework and get the practice you need to learn the heiroglyphs. The best part is knowing that the pictures of tomb walls and stelae that you're learning to read in the book are actual pieces in a museum. You're not learning how to read and write "Jack went to the ballgame" in heiroglyphs; you're learning about the life of actual ancient Egyptians.

I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning to read Egyptian heiroglyphs. If, after reading this, you're still hungry for knowledge, check out Gardiner's book "Middle Egyptian".

Rating: 5
Summary: The best introduction!!
Comment: If you want to learn hieroglyphs and you want more than the basic simple books that are available on the market... buy this book!!!

It begins with offering formulas and the names of pharaos and thereby you will instantly be able to read simple texts and get much joy out of the studies. The offering formulas are somewhat alike in all instances and is excellent to begin your studies with!

In short! Buy the book!

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