Think Like an Egyptian: 100 Hieroglyphs

Gain insights into a vanished world with this unique look at powerful Egyptian hieroglyphs.

Barry Kemp presents one hundred of the Egyptian hieroglyphs, their pronunciations, their history, and meanings, revealing aspects of day-to-day life in ancient Egypt.

Kemp explains the myriad meanings behind symbols for physical objects such as “Sun” and “Serpent,” and concepts such as “Truth” and “to love,” building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought.

• Author
• Barry J. Kemp

• Format
• paperback

• Pages
• 256

• Publisher
• Plume

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780452287013

• Genres
• history, egyptology, linguistics, writing

• Release date
• 2005