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 aSuna and aSerpent, a and concepts such as aTrutha and ato love, a building a picture of the historical and mythological references that were the cornerstones of Egyptian thought.