Lavishly illustrated, fully cross-referenced and an invaluable book for anyone wishing to see and understand Maya art through the eyes of ancient scribes and artists. The art of the ancient Maya may be considered their most singular cultural achievement. Yet despite a surge of popular interest in these remarkable people, few are fully aware of the richness of their artistic legacy, unique in al…
Middle Egyptian introduces the reader to the writing system of ancient Egypt and the language of hieroglyphic texts. It contains twenty-six lessons, exercises (with answers), a list of hieroglyphic signs, and a dictionary. It also includes a series of twenty-five essays on the most important aspects of ancient Egyptian history, society, religion and literature. The combination of grammar lesson…
All examples in this grammar and all of the hieroglyphic exercises that conclude the lessons are based on sentences that occur in the extant corpus of Middle Egyptian literature. Often, however, I have simplified the original constructions or substituted vocabulary and phrases introduced in this book for the more diffuse material of the sources. Where writings were abbreviated, I have sometimes…