Bibliograph

Hieroglyphs, Karen Price Hossell

Type

Label

Hieroglyphs, Karen Price Hossell

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Hieroglyphs

Oclc number

49031898

Responsibility statement

Karen Price Hossell

Series statement

Communicating

Summary

Discusses the hieroglyphic system of writing used by people of the ancient Egyptian civilization along the Nile River

Table Of Contents

Egyptian hieroglyphics -- Hieroglyphs -- How hieroglyphs were written -- Determinatives -- Other features of hieroglyphics -- The three types of hieroglyphic writing -- The Rosetta Stone -- The names of the gods -- Monuments to the gods -- The journey of the dead -- The ka, ba, and akh -- Words for the dead -- The names of the kings -- Telling stories -- Keeping records -- Scribes -- Tools -- Papyrus

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification