Hieroglyphs Without Mystery: An Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Writing Book

	Foreword
	Translator's Preface
1	Generalities	1
1.1	Not for Geniuses Only	1
1.2	Beauty as a Rule for Spelling	2
1.3	Pictures but Not Picture Writing	4
1.4	How Egyptologists Speak Egyptian	6
1.5	What Is Transliteration?	9
2	The Writing System	11
2.1	The Egyptian Alphabet	11
2.2	Biliteral Signs	17
2.3	The Phonetic Complement	22
2.4	Triliteral Signs	23
2.5	Ideograms (Sense-Signs)	24
2.6	Determinatives	26
2.7	Graphic Peculiarities and Abbreviations	29
2.8	Complication and Simplification	34
2.9	A Little Grammar	35
2.9.1	Grammatical Gender	35
2.9.2	The Plural and the Dual	36
2.9.3	Genitive Constructions	38
2.9.4	Suffix Pronouns	39
2.9.5	Adjectives	42
3	Examples	44
3.1	An Architrave of Sahure	44
3.2	A Glazed Tile from the Palace of Ramesses II at Qantir	47
3.3	Lintel from a Temple or Palace of Ramesses II	50
3.4	Fragment of a Tomb Wall	53
3.5	A Wooden Box from the Treasures of Tutankhamun	55
3.6	Tutankhamun's Alabaster Chest	59
3.7	The Alabaster Cup of Tutankhamun	65
3.8	A Canopic Coffin of Tutankhamun	67
3.9	The Canopic Chest of Tutankhamun	70
3.10	Vignette from a Book of the Dead	74
3.11	The False Door of Khut-en-Ptah	81
3.12	The Tomb Stela of Tashep-Khonsu	85
3.13	The Hieroglyphs on the Cover: A Temple Inscription	88
4	Conclusion	91
4.1	Selected Royal Names	91
4.2	Names of Gods	93
4.3	Further Study of Hieroglyphs	95
5	Appendixes	98
5.1	Solutions to the Problems	98
5.2	Books on Egyptian Vocabulary and Grammar	101
5.3	Hieroglyphic Sign List	103
5.4	Museum Numbers and Photo Credits for the Objects Discussed	120