Bob Brier
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
The Secret of the Great Pyramid moves between the ancient and the modern. The ancient story chronicles, step-by-step, how a nation of farmers only recently emerged from the Stone Age could construct one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. To execute something as complex and massive as the Great Pyramid, Egypt needed architects, mathematicians, boat builders, stone masons, and metallurgists. It took twenty years to build the Great Pyramid. By...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Explore the daily lives of ancient Egyptians in this exciting new update of one of the most successful Daily Life titles. Through reconstructions based on the hieroglyphic inscriptions, paintings from tombs, and scenes from temple walls, readers can examine social and material existence in one of the world's oldest civilizations. Narrative chapters explore the preparation of food and drink, religious ceremonies and cosmology, work and play, the...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave/MacMillan
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Presents the history of the West's obsession with ancient Egyptian art and culture, from the time of the Romans, to the campaigns of Napoleon Bonaparte, the discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb, and the popular culture of today.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Brier illustrated the wide-ranging impact that the discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb has had since its opening in 1922. It has influenced Egyptian politics; raised great sums of monies for museums around the world; and started endless debates on Tutankhamun's life as a warrior, the cause of his death, and more. (Adapted from jacket)"--Publisher description.
14) Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Episode 21,An Ancient Egyptian Prayer for the Dead
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Enter the temples and tombs of the ancient Egyptians and explore some of the fascinating hieroglyphic prayers inscribed on their walls. Central to this lecture is a standard prayer for the dead that started in the Old Kingdom: the Hotep-di-nesu, which asked the king to grant an offering to Osiris.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
First, continue working on suffix pronouns with several English-to-hieroglyph sentence translations. Then, unpack the hidden meaning of the scarab beetle hieroglyph (kheper). Finally, learn about the scribes responsible for writing everything from cattle inventories to Books of the Dead, then learn about the medium on which they wrote, papyrus.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
With your newfound knowledge of hieroglyphs, decipher what several pieces of exquisite ancient jewelry say - and why they're more than just pretty, decorative baubles. The jewels you examine include a pectoral worn by Queen Meret (used as political propaganda) and one worn by Princess Sat-Hathor (used for protection).
17) Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Episode 6,William Bankes and the Keys to Decipherment
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Learn how several key discoveries showed how to decipher hieroglyphs the right way, and also shaped our understanding of ancient Egypt. First: a bilingual obelisk that extended the Egyptian alphabet. Second: the "Hall of Ancients", which contained the longest list of pharaohs ever discovered.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
In the first of two lectures on the most famous find in all archaeology, learn the story of the excavation of King Tut's tomb. Then, translate some of the inscriptions on the gilded shrines in the Egyptian ruler's burial chamber (among them: messages by carpenters for use in construction).
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Before learning how to read and write hieroglyphs, you have to understand why ancient Egypt had to invent some form of writing. Central to this introductory lecture is a study of the Narmer Palette, whose writing would set standards and conventions that would be followed for 3,000 years.
20) Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs: Episode 11,Dependent Pronouns and the Passive Voice
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Dependent pronouns, as you'll learn, don't have to be added onto any other word; they stand alone and are usually the object of the verb. From there, you'll consider the first expedition to copy hieroglyphs (epigraphy), and learn about a current program designed to save inscriptions on fragile temple walls.