First Steps in Egyptian
Subtitle: A Book for Beginners (Kegan Paul Library of Ancient Egypt)
Publisher: Kegan Paul
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780710309631
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; History; Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic languages; History: World; Egypt; General; Middle East - Egypt; History / Egypt
First sentence: THE first decipherer who succeeded in assigning correct values to any of the Egyptian picture signs or hieroglyphics was Dr. Thomas Young, who already in 1818 had given to six characters values which are accepted at the present time; the values of three others were correctly stated as far as the consonants are concerned.