Author: Neil Leach
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134638728
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
An edited volume containing contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology, art, philosophy and US studies - including Andrew Benjamin, Barry Curtis, Neil Leach, Steven Pile and David Frisby.
The Hieroglyphics of Space
Author: Neil Leach
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134638728
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
An edited volume containing contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology, art, philosophy and US studies - including Andrew Benjamin, Barry Curtis, Neil Leach, Steven Pile and David Frisby.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134638728
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
An edited volume containing contributions from eminent theorists across visual culture, architecture, sociology, art, philosophy and US studies - including Andrew Benjamin, Barry Curtis, Neil Leach, Steven Pile and David Frisby.
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Author: Mark Collier
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520239494
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
With the help of Egyptologists Collier and Manley, museum-goers, tourists, and armchair travelers alike can gain a basic knowledge of the language and culture of ancient Egypt. Each chapter introduces a new aspect of hieroglyphic script and encourages acquisition of reading skills with practical exercises. 200 illustrations.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520239494
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
With the help of Egyptologists Collier and Manley, museum-goers, tourists, and armchair travelers alike can gain a basic knowledge of the language and culture of ancient Egypt. Each chapter introduces a new aspect of hieroglyphic script and encourages acquisition of reading skills with practical exercises. 200 illustrations.
Hieroglyphs: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Penelope Wilson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191578010
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Hieroglyphs were far more than a language. They were an omnipresent and all-powerful force in communicating the messages of ancient Egyptian culture for over three thousand years; used as monumental art, as a means of identifying Egyptianness, and for rarefied communication with the gods. In this exciting new study, Penelope Wilson explores the cultural significance of the script with an emphasis on previously neglected areas such as cryptography, the continuing decipherment into modern times, and examines the powerful fascination hieroglyphs still hold for us today. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Author: Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of Central America
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
How to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Author: Charles E. Nichols
Publisher: Charles Nichols
ISBN: 1438264682
Category : Egyptian language
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This book is written for high school students and beginners. It avoids using complicated grammar. The examples are kept simple. In many cases the hieroglyphs are "unrolled" - each hieroglyphic word is presented to the student one hieroglyph at a time, just as we write an English word one letter at a time. Each hieroglyph is treated as if it were a letter. This makes it much easier for the beginning student. Volume 1 consists of a series of simple lessons which when completed will enable the student to read many simple hieroglyphic sentences and significant parts of more complex sentences. The grammar presented is "Middle Egyptian" which is the most common version taught. It is not necessary to have previously studied any other foreign language. In many ways, learning ancient Egyptian will be easier for the student who has never studied a foreign language before.
Publisher: Charles Nichols
ISBN: 1438264682
Category : Egyptian language
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This book is written for high school students and beginners. It avoids using complicated grammar. The examples are kept simple. In many cases the hieroglyphs are "unrolled" - each hieroglyphic word is presented to the student one hieroglyph at a time, just as we write an English word one letter at a time. Each hieroglyph is treated as if it were a letter. This makes it much easier for the beginning student. Volume 1 consists of a series of simple lessons which when completed will enable the student to read many simple hieroglyphic sentences and significant parts of more complex sentences. The grammar presented is "Middle Egyptian" which is the most common version taught. It is not necessary to have previously studied any other foreign language. In many ways, learning ancient Egyptian will be easier for the student who has never studied a foreign language before.
Space Hieroglyphs
Author: Colorzen
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Space Hieroglyphs: Coloring the Egyptian Star Gods" is a 50-page coloring book that invites you on a celestial journey where the mystique of ancient Egypt intersects with the infinite expanse of the cosmos. Each page features a unique, intricate illustration combining the revered symbols and deities of Egyptian mythology with cosmic themes and starry backdrops. From the god Horus soaring across a nebula to Isis adorned in starlight, the book explores how these timeless figures might appear as guardians of the galaxy. The detailed artwork, infused with traditional hieroglyphs and astral elements, challenges colorists to breathe life into a universe where ancient divinity meets outer space. Perfect for enthusiasts of mythology, astronomy, and imaginative coloring, "Space Hieroglyphs" offers an otherworldly escape, redefining the gods and goddesses of Egypt as celestial beings woven into the fabric of the universe.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Space Hieroglyphs: Coloring the Egyptian Star Gods" is a 50-page coloring book that invites you on a celestial journey where the mystique of ancient Egypt intersects with the infinite expanse of the cosmos. Each page features a unique, intricate illustration combining the revered symbols and deities of Egyptian mythology with cosmic themes and starry backdrops. From the god Horus soaring across a nebula to Isis adorned in starlight, the book explores how these timeless figures might appear as guardians of the galaxy. The detailed artwork, infused with traditional hieroglyphs and astral elements, challenges colorists to breathe life into a universe where ancient divinity meets outer space. Perfect for enthusiasts of mythology, astronomy, and imaginative coloring, "Space Hieroglyphs" offers an otherworldly escape, redefining the gods and goddesses of Egypt as celestial beings woven into the fabric of the universe.
Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination
Author: Jennifer Taylor Westerfeld
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812296400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Throughout the pharaonic period, hieroglyphs served both practical and aesthetic purposes. Carved on stelae, statues, and temple walls, hieroglyphic inscriptions were one of the most prominent and distinctive features of ancient Egyptian visual culture. For both the literate minority of Egyptians and the vast illiterate majority of the population, hieroglyphs possessed a potent symbolic value that went beyond their capacity to render language visible. For nearly three thousand years, the hieroglyphic script remained closely bound to indigenous notions of religious and cultural identity. By the late antique period, literacy in hieroglyphs had been almost entirely lost. However, the monumental temples and tombs that marked the Egyptian landscape, together with the hieroglyphic inscriptions that adorned them, still stood as inescapable reminders that Christianity was a relatively new arrival to the ancient land of the pharaohs. In Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination, Jennifer Westerfeld argues that depictions of hieroglyphic inscriptions in late antique Christian texts reflect the authors' attitudes toward Egypt's pharaonic past. Whether hieroglyphs were condemned as idolatrous images or valued as a source of mystical knowledge, control over the representation and interpretation of hieroglyphic texts constituted an important source of Christian authority. Westerfeld examines the ways in which hieroglyphs are deployed in the works of Eusebius and Augustine, to debate biblical chronology; in Greek, Roman, and patristic sources, to claim that hieroglyphs encoded the mysteries of the Egyptian priesthood; and in a polemical sermon by the fifth-century monastic leader Shenoute of Atripe, to argue that hieroglyphs should be destroyed lest they promote a return to idolatry. She argues that, in the absence of any genuine understanding of hieroglyphic writing, late antique Christian authors were able to take this powerful symbol of Egyptian identity and manipulate it to serve their particular theological and ideological ends.
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812296400
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Throughout the pharaonic period, hieroglyphs served both practical and aesthetic purposes. Carved on stelae, statues, and temple walls, hieroglyphic inscriptions were one of the most prominent and distinctive features of ancient Egyptian visual culture. For both the literate minority of Egyptians and the vast illiterate majority of the population, hieroglyphs possessed a potent symbolic value that went beyond their capacity to render language visible. For nearly three thousand years, the hieroglyphic script remained closely bound to indigenous notions of religious and cultural identity. By the late antique period, literacy in hieroglyphs had been almost entirely lost. However, the monumental temples and tombs that marked the Egyptian landscape, together with the hieroglyphic inscriptions that adorned them, still stood as inescapable reminders that Christianity was a relatively new arrival to the ancient land of the pharaohs. In Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination, Jennifer Westerfeld argues that depictions of hieroglyphic inscriptions in late antique Christian texts reflect the authors' attitudes toward Egypt's pharaonic past. Whether hieroglyphs were condemned as idolatrous images or valued as a source of mystical knowledge, control over the representation and interpretation of hieroglyphic texts constituted an important source of Christian authority. Westerfeld examines the ways in which hieroglyphs are deployed in the works of Eusebius and Augustine, to debate biblical chronology; in Greek, Roman, and patristic sources, to claim that hieroglyphs encoded the mysteries of the Egyptian priesthood; and in a polemical sermon by the fifth-century monastic leader Shenoute of Atripe, to argue that hieroglyphs should be destroyed lest they promote a return to idolatry. She argues that, in the absence of any genuine understanding of hieroglyphic writing, late antique Christian authors were able to take this powerful symbol of Egyptian identity and manipulate it to serve their particular theological and ideological ends.
An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs
Author: Sylvanus Griswold Morley
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368284126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1915.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368284126
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 370
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1915.
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF THE MAYA HIEROGLYPHS
Author: SYLAVANUS GRISWOLD MORLEY
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
Egyptian Hieroglyphics
Author: Stéphane Rossini
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486260136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Guides readers to understand and transcribe hieroglyphics by presenting and explaining phonetic elements.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 9780486260136
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Guides readers to understand and transcribe hieroglyphics by presenting and explaining phonetic elements.