Learn Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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• Product Description

  ? Learn the 24 Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyph Alphabet sound signs
  ? Learn 71 Hieroglyph Vocabulary words
  ? Learn 56 Hieroglyph Determinatives
  ? A total of 214 Quiz questions with answers to test and reinforce your knowledge
  ? Learn Pronunciation
  ? Learn Transliteration
  
  Learn Hieroglyphs - the Alphabet is the first in a series of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Tutorials. With this first series you will be able to recognize the 24 hieroglyphs comprising the ancient Egyptian alphabet, also known as the uniliteral hieroglyphs or the sound signs.
  
  Learn Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs - Series 1 - Alphabet includes 71 vocabulary words and 56 Determinatives. You will learn how to pronounce the hieroglyphs and you will learn all about transliteration and how scholars write them. There are quizzes for a totaling 214 questions.
  
  Currently there are 4 tutorials in the Learn Hieroglyphs Series and they are:
  
  ? Series 1 - Alphabet: also called uniliterals which represent a single consonant sound hence the prefix uni in uniliterals
  ? Series 2 - Biliterals: - which are the result of combining 2 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
  ? Series 3 - Triliterals: - which are the result of combining 3 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
  ? Series 4 - Determinatives - added to vocabulary words to determine exactly what that word meant
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  Once you begin studying the hieroglyphs in this book start looking at different hieroglyph wall paintings, artifacts, literature, etc and see how many you can recognize. Remember though that they could be written right to left (the most common way), left to right or vertically.
  

• Product Description

  • Learn the 24 Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyph Alphabet sound signs
  • Learn 71 Hieroglyph Vocabulary words
  • Learn 56 Hieroglyph Determinatives
  • A total of 214 Quiz questions with answers to test and reinforce your knowledge
  • Learn Pronunciation
  • Learn Transliteration
  
  Learn Hieroglyphs - the Alphabet is the first in a series of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Tutorials. With this first series you will be able to recognize the 24 hieroglyphs comprising the ancient Egyptian alphabet, also known as the uniliteral hieroglyphs or the sound signs.
  
  Learn Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs – Series 1 - Alphabet includes 71 vocabulary words and 56 Determinatives. You will learn how to pronounce the hieroglyphs and you will learn all about transliteration and how scholars write them. There are quizzes for a totaling 214 questions.
  
  Currently there are 4 tutorials in the Learn Hieroglyphs Series and they are:
  
  • Series 1 – Alphabet: also called uniliterals which represent a single consonant sound hence the prefix uni in uniliterals
  • Series 2 – Biliterals: - which are the result of combining 2 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
  • Series 3 – Triliterals: - which are the result of combining 3 alphabet signs into one new hieroglyph
  • Series 4 – Determinatives - added to vocabulary words to determine exactly what that word meant
  •
  Once you begin studying the hieroglyphs in this book start looking at different hieroglyph wall paintings, artifacts, literature, etc and see how many you can recognize. Remember though that they could be written right to left (the most common way), left to right or vertically.