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Preface | |
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Inscriptions | |
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Stela of Mereri (c. 2200 BC) | |
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Sound Signs | |
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Direction of Writing | |
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Vowels and Pronunciation | |
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Determinatives | |
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How Do We Know How to Read Hieroglyphs? | |
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Signs Writing 2 or 3 Sounds | |
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Sound Complements | |
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Unexpected Writings | |
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What is Transliteration? | |
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Another Stela of Mereri (c. 2200 BC) | |
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The Offering Formula | |
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'a' and' the' | |
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Even More Unexpected Writings | |
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Ideograms? | |
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What is Middle Egyptian? | |
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Stela of Minuser(c. 2200 BC) | |
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Word Order | |
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Funerary Stamp of Mermose (c. 1350 BC) | |
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Inner Coffin of Khnumhotep, son of Nebtu (c. 1800 BC) | |
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More About the Offering Formula | |
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k3 and Identity | |
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Stela of Dedu and Satsobk (c. 1900 BC) | |
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Feminine Words | |
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Why Food Offerings? | |
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Stela of Ty(c. 2200 BC) | |
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Stela of Intef and Nesumontju (c. 1700 BC?) | |
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Titles of Osiris | |
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Stela of Shenwy and Hedjret (c. 1900 BC) | |
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The Dedication Formula | |
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The Family | |
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Coffin of Khnumhotep, Son of Henib (c. 1850 BC) | |
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Kings'Names | |
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Kings' Titularies | |
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Stela of Djet, from his Tomb at Abydos (c. 2950 BC) | |
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Stela of Raneb (c. 2750 BC) | |
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Inscription of Khakaura Senusret III (c. 1836-1818 BC) | |
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Writing Plurals | |
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Another Inscription of Khakaura Senusret III | |
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Three Inscriptions of Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BC) | |
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Three Stelae of Thutmose IV (c. 1400-1390 BC) from the Great Sphinx | |
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Epithets | |
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The King and the Gods | |
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Inscriptions from a Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun (c. 1332-1322 BC) | |
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The Oldest Texts and Earliest Hieroglyphs | |
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How Did Writing Begin in Egypt? | |
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Slate Palette of King Narmer from the Temple of Horus(c.2950 BC) | |
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Ivory Comb of King Djet from his Tomb (c. 2950 BC) | |
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Ivory Label of King Den from his Tomb (c. 2900 BC) | |
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Putting It All Together: Two Inscriptions | |
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Marriage Inscription of Amenhotep III (c. 1390 BC) | |
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'pw'he is' or 'she is' | |
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Offering-Chapel of Sarenput II at Aswan (c. 1850 Bc) | |
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Epilogue | |
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List of Kings' Names | |
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List of Gods | |
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List of Hieroglyphic Signs | |
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List of Words in Hieroglyphs | |
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Sources of Illustrations | |
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Index | |