Egyptian Hieroglyphics: How to Read and Write Them

Pictures, pronunciation, and small details to make this book a great resource. Approx. 2-3 hieroglyphics per page in large script. Great for a novice egyptologist or interested person of egypt's past. Must have!

This lovely book has been around for about ten years. Stephane Rossini is a scholar, but her purpose here is more practical, I think. Although the title says, "How to read and write them," the real value of this book is about how to draw & use hieroglyphics in your arts & crafts with some accuracy as to their meanings. About five pages of this book are given (in small print) to principles of Egyptian writing, pronunciation & word analysis. The rest of the book is crammed with hundreds of excellent drawings & calligraphic symbols, divided into consonant sounds, phonetic signs, & determinative (categorical) signs. To put it simply, you get birds, bugs, gods, knots, flowers, eyes, mammals, fish, figures doing different jobs, lizards, crosses & abstractions, all in an authentic Egyptuan style. With adult guidance, Egyptian Hieroglyphics will be useful in children's arts & crafts projects. 96 pages long, nothing fancy about it. I've had a copy on arts book shelf for years.

This book is good. It really helps you learn Hieroglyphics

this book is almost all illustrations. Contains a short summary explaining grammar, though not in -depth. Good sign list, also shows how to draw glyphs. Might be good as a reference, but for serious student it will not stand alone.