by Christian Jacq · Sterling Publishing · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780806986999
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«Fascinating Hieroglyphics» is the introductory guide to hieroglyphics by Christian Jacq, published by Sterling in paperback (224 pages, in English).
Christian Jacq explains how the same hieroglyphic figure works simultaneously as drawing, symbol and sound, and recounts how this writing was lost and deciphered thanks to a stone with inscriptions. He invites readers to read and compose hieroglyphic sentences from inscriptions on royal tombs and monuments of ancient Egypt.
Translated from French; the original edition was published as «Le petit Champollion illustré» in 1994. This edition includes 39 black-and-white illustrations.
For those approaching the writing of ancient Egypt for the first time and wishing to learn to read hieroglyphics from scratch.
Christian Jacq is a French author and Egyptologist. He has written several novels about ancient Egypt, notably a five book series about pharaoh Ramses II, a character whom Jacq admires greatly.
