Table of Contents

1: The origins of writing in Egypt
2: Hieroglyphic script and the Egyptian language
3: Hieroglyphs and art
4: 'I Know You, I Know Your Names'
5: Scribes and everyday writing
6: The decipherment of Egyptian
7: Hieroglyphs in the modern world
Notes
Chronology
Further Reading
Index

About the Author

Penelope Wilson obtained her undergraduate degree and PhD at the University of Liverpool, and worked as Assistant Keeper in the Department of Antiquities in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, for seven years. She is presently Lecturer in Egyptology at the University of Durham, and Field Director for the Egyptian Exploration Society Mission to Sais in Egypt.