Learn to Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Comprehensive Self-Teaching Guide

Gloria s.: Given as gift loved it

United States on Oct 21, 2023

Lanysonnja: J'ai appris à lire les hiéroglyphes parce que j'avais toujors rêvé de le faire. Ce livre de Collier et Manley a sa place dans cet apprentissage. Cela dit, je le recommanderais pas comme livre d'introduction aux hiéroglyphes. Pour deux raisons : A ) ce livre m'a semblé porter sur des sujets "de spécialisation". En effet, je trouve que ce livre ne débute pas par la présentation générale et progressive des hiéroglyphes les plus communs. Il y a entre 500 et 700 hiéroglyphes, plus encore si on tient compte des époques plus récentes. Ça fait beaucoup à apprendre et ce n'est pas nécessaire de tous les apprendre d'un coup. Il faut vraiment y aller progressivement pour ne pas se décourager. Et puis il y a les mots à apprendre : inutile de tout apprendre en même temps non plus. B) l'autre raison en est une de prof, je suppose : les exercices viennent avec les réponses sur la page d'à côté. Oui, ça facilite grandement le processus, mais je dirais que c'est trop facile : pas besoin de trop réfléchir... ni de trop apprendre. J'ai trouvé que ce livre semble s'adresser à des apprenants intermèdiaires, ceux et celles avec une base d'introduction, justement. Par...

Canada on Sep 01, 2023

Ted Frederick: Very complete

United States on May 22, 2023

"steven": It’s the best way to learn hieroglyphics.

Japan on Apr 13, 2023

Dan Lorey: This book is a compact and invaluable textbook for learning Middle Egyptian at an efficient pace. It's NOT overly dense. I also have Sir Alan Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar, which is the "Gold Standard" for Middle Egyptian. But Gardiner's book is TOO steep of a first step. This book can be VERY effectively used as a primer towards eventually being able to chew and digest Gardiner's work. In that regard, this book is a total gem! Short chapters, short lessons. Bite sized meals of an obscure and challenging language. VERY well thought out by the authors. For those looking to steer clear of Budge, yet who also want to eventually approach Gardiner's work, THIS is the book to start with!

United States on Mar 26, 2023

Dave T: I bought this book as a follow-on from the author's previous book Egyptian Hieroglyphs for Beginners. I was not disappointed in its content and the level at which it is pitched.
I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in learning sufficient hieroglyphs to be able to understand Egyptian items held in museums.

United Kingdom on Nov 05, 2022

LIRALIRA: A great book for those who loves Ancient Egypt. This book makes learning glyphs very easy..
I have had my introduction to glyphs from the gardiner's pdf. This one complements that very well. This text book is also recommended for Hieroglyph course. Really good book for aspiring egyptologists.
It's a fantastic way to learn relevant phrases and vocabulary in an easy way.
It allows the reader to work on his/her own pace of study.

India on Jun 04, 2021

a-variat: Ich habe dieses Buch vor einer bevorstehenden Nilkreuzfahrt. Der günstige Preis und die Qualität der gebundenen Ausgabe haben den Ausschlag gegeben.

Das Buch ist keine einfache Lektüre die man nebenbei auf der Kreuzfahrt nebenbei lesen kann! Man muss sich bereits von den ersten Kapiteln her hart in die Materie einarbeiten. Wenn man daran interessiert, ist auf der Reise Namen einiger Herrscher und Götter zu entziffern, bzw. die häufigsten Ausdrücke erkennen zu können, findet man diese jedenfalls gut erläutert im Text.

Um die Erläuterungen zu (möglicher) Aussprache und Grammatik verstehen zu können ist es ratsam zumindest die Grundzüge der arabischen Sprache zu kennen. So kann man sich das ägyptische Lautsystem besser vorstellen können sowie ein Schriftsystem das ohne Vokale auskommt. Ansonsten muss man sich z.B. puncto Aussprache mit einer Beschreibung begnügen, die das Englische Lautsystem als Basis nimmt. Wen das Lautsystem nicht interessiert, kann den Teil überspringen und sich alleine auf die wichtigsten Zeichen konzentrieren. Ohne langes Studium ist sowie so nicht viel mehr drinnen für eine kurze Reise, die Fähigkeit immer wieder Eigennamen oder...

Germany on May 28, 2019

Romario Salas Cerdas: I recently received this book and I really must say it is a great book. I am no expert; in fact, I bought this book because I am a complete beginner and I from what I saw in reviews of various books I felt this was the most appropriate text for beginning with the study of egyptian hieroglyphs. I have already gone through the first chapters and I am glad to say it is very pleasant to learn hieroglyphs from this book: the pace is quite natural and slow, they present to you just as much words and phrases as you need in each chapter so you can try to memorize them slowly, and even though the book is short, it presents a lot of information in a very condensed manner, so after just a couple of chapters so feel as though you have learned a lot of things, while never failing to enjoy your reading or getting bored. It is almost as being in class with a really enjoyable professor. The excursus sections are also quite enjoyable to read and they always have much to do with the concepts introduced in their chapter. The exercises, like everything else in this book, were thought up very well, and they really put your grasp on the concepts to the test. I could go on hightlighting specific aspects...

United States on Sep 16, 2014

doc peterson: _How To Read Egyptian Hieroglyphs_ is an excellent starting place for anyone wanting to learn the fundamentals of transliterating and translating hieroglyphs. The first chapter is a bit overwhelming, (the authors want students to jump in feet first), but the strucutre of the language is quickly and clearly explained. Each exercise has an answer key at the end of the book for you to check your work, which I found to be invaluable. The vocabulary lists similarly help in working through the translation and transliteration of tombs, monuments and cartouches.

The grammar - and the explanation of how it works in ancient Egyptian - is what really sets this text apart from others on the subject. Tenses, verb forms and prepositions are clearly explained and modeled. A cautionary note: if you have not learned another language (or if its been awhile since you last studied language), this will be difficult - perhaps very difficult - to pick up. As with any serious study of language, perseverence, practice and patience will pay off, and Collier and Manley do a tremendous job of breaking down the rules of the language.

That is not to say that the book is not without its flaws....

United States on Aug 12, 2011