100 Hieroglyphs
Subtitle: Think Like an Egyptian
By: by Barry Kemp
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Granta Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: London, United Kingdom
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781862078444
Copyright date: 2005
Subjects: African history: BCE to c 500 CE; History of specific racial & ethnic groups; Ancient Egypt
First sentence: The idea for this book came from the fertile mind of George Miller; the carving of my unwieldy English into something more readable and accurate was the task of Bella Shand, both of them of Granata Books.
Table of contents: label: Acknowledgements
title: v; label: Timeline
title: vi; label: Maps
title: vii; label: Introduction
title: ix; label: 1
title: Land
pagenum: 1; label: 2
title: Desert
pagenum: 4; label: 3
title: Grain (of sand )
pagenum: 6; label: 4
title: Life
pagenum: 9; label: 5
title: Sun
pagenum: 12; label: 6
title: Horizon
pagenum: 14; label: 7
title: 'To appear'
pagenum: 16; label: 8
title: Water
pagenum: 18; label: 9
title: Field/countryside
pagenum: 22; label: 10
title: Papyrus column
pagenum: 24; label: 11
title: Lotus
pagenum: 27; label: 12
title: Tree
pagenum: 29; label: 13
title: Province
pagenum: 32; label: 14
title: Stela (standing block or slab of stone)
pagenum: 36; label: 15
title: Plough
pagenum: 38; label: 16
title: Sickle
pagenum: 41; label: 17
title: Grain pile
pagenum: 43; label: 18
title: Beer jug
pagenum: 45; label: 19
title: Bull
pagenum: 47; label: 20
title: Pig
pagenum: 49; label: 21
title: Seth-animal
pagenum: 51; label: 22
title: Red
pagenum: 54; label: 23
title: Sparrow
pagenum: 56; label: 24
title: Good
pagenum: 57; label: 25
title: Serpent
pagenum: 59; label: 26
title: House
pagenum: 61; label: 27
title: Door
pagenum: 64; label: 28
title: Mat
pagenum: 66; label: 29
title: Cat
pagenum: 68; label: 30
title: Fire
pagenum: 70; label: 31
title: Wick
pagenum: 72; label: 32
title: City
pagenum: 74; label: 33
title: Wall
pagenum: 76; label: 34
title: Mound
pagenum: 79; label: 35
title: West
pagenum: 81; label: 36
title: Cemetery
pagenum: 83; label: 37
title: Pyramid
pagenum: 86; label: 38
title: Mummy
pagenum: 89; label: 39
title: Jackal
pagenum: 92; label: 40
title: Road
pagenum: 94; label: 41
title: Donkey
pagenum: 96; label: 42
title: Chariot
pagenum: 98; label: 43
title: Boat, travelling upstream
pagenum: 100; label: 44
title: Sail
pagenum: 103; label: 45
title: Sacred barque
pagenum: 105; label: 46
title: Sky
pagenum: 107; label: 47
title: Otherworld (Duat)
pagenum: 109; label: 48
title: Star
pagenum: 111; label: 49
title: Year
pagenum: 113; label: 50
title: Moon
pagenum: 115; label: 51
title: Eternity
pagenum: 117; label: 52
title: Primaeval time
pagenum: 119; label: 53
title: Spirit
pagenum: 122; label: 54
title: King
pagenum: 124; label: 55
title: Cartouche
pagenum: 129; label: 56
title: Palace
pagenum: 132; label: 57
title: To unite
pagenum: 135; label: 58
title: Truth (Maat)
pagenum: 137; label: 59
title: To be stable
pagenum: 140; label: 60
title: to Follow
pagenum: 142; label: 61
title: Enemy
pagenum: 144; label: 62
title: Bow
pagenum: 147; label: 63
title: Man and woman
pagenum: 149; label: 64
title: Razor
pagenum: 152; label: 65
title: Unguent
pagenum: 154; label: 66
title: To love
pagenum: 156; label: 67
title: Sistrum
pagenum: 160; label: 68
title: Baboon
pagenum: 162; label: 69
title: To hear
pagenum: 164; label: 70
title: Mouth
pagenum: 167; label: 71
title: Body
pagenum: 170; label: 72
title: Pustule
pagenum: 173; label: 73
title: Ka
pagenum: 175; label: 74
title: Ba
pagenum: 179; label: 75
title: Heart
pagenum: 182; label: 76
title: To be born
pagenum: 185; label: 77
title: To come into existence
pagenum: 188; label: 78
title: Child
pagenum: 190; label: 79
title: Old man
pagenum: 193; label: 80
title: Official
pagenum: 196; label: 81
title: Sceptre of power
pagenum: 199; label: 82
title: Scribal kit
pagenum: 201; label: 83
title: Cylinder seal
pagenum: 205; label: 84
title: Papyrus roll
pagenum: 207; label: 85
title: Soldier
pagenum: 209; label: 86
title: Craftsman
pagenum: 212; label: 87
title: Gold
pagenum: 214; label: 88
title: Bronze
pagenum: 217; label: 89
title: Potter's kiln
pagenum: 219; label: 90
title: Balance
pagenum: 221; label: 91
title: Cloth
pagenum: 224; label: 92
title: To be pure
pagenum: 227; label: 93
title: To be divine
pagenum: 229; label: 94
title: Sacred
pagenum: 232; label: 95
title: Festival
pagenum: 234; label: 96
title: Statue
pagenum: 236; label: 97
title: Wonder
pagenum: 239; label: 98
title: Offering place
pagenum: 242; label: 99
title: Protection
pagenum: 244; label: 100
title: Wedjat (eye of wellbeing)
pagenum: 247; label: Note on sources
title: 249; label: Index
title: 252