Hieroglyphics
By: Karen Price Hossell
Series: Communicating; Heinemann know it
Publisher: Heinemann Library
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Chicago., Illinois
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
ISBN-13: 9781588104854
Subjects: Egyptian language; Hieroglyphic Writing; Juvenile literature
Description: Discusses the hieroglyphic system of writing used by people of the ancient Egyptian civilization along the Nile River.
Notes: Includes Index.
Table of contents: title: Egyptian hieroglyphics; title: Hieroglyphs; title: How hieroglyphs were written; title: Determinatives; title: Other features of hieroglyphics; title: The three types of hieroglyphic writing; title: The Rosetta Stone; title: The names of the gods; title: Monuments to the gods; title: The journey of the dead; title: The ka, ba, and akh; title: Words for the dead; title: The names of the kings; title: Telling stories; title: Keeping records; title: Scribes; title: Tools; title: Papyrus.