Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Taught by Jenny Robbins
I became hooked on Ancient Egypt after reading "Sphinx" by Robin Cook when I was in high school. Fast-forward a couple of decades and I find myself immersed in all things Ancient Egyptian, graduating last summer with a Certificate in Egyptology from the University of Manchester’s 3-year program. Now I'm looking forward to sharing my enthusiasm for the topic with others. When I'm not reading about Ancient Egypt or studying Egyptian Hieroglyphs I'm at work in a far more contemporary field. . . Fashion.
The hieroglyphic script of the Ancient Egyptians was used for almost 4000 years in temples, monuments, official documents, tombs and funerary literature. Only 1 in 100 Ancient Egyptians could read and write, so hieroglyphs were nearly as mysterious to most of them as they are to people in 2015.
Come learn about Egyptian hieroglyphs, from how they were deciphered to the basics of how to read the signs. You’ll be introduced to the 16 main hieroglyphs that write sounds we know in English, as well as another 10 glyphs that have no equivalent in English (the group of 26 glyphs making up their “alphabet”). You will learn how to identify which direction hieroglyphs should be read, what a ‘cartouche’ is, and then you’ll learn to write your own name in hieroglyphs. We’ll also examine the names of some of the most famous kings and gods from Ancient Egypt.
Each student will also receive a hieroglyph cheat-sheet and a reference list for further work with Egyptian Hieroglyphs.
