Bridget McDermott

Despite one or two typographical errors resulting in overstruck glyphs, this is a great book. In addition to explaining the meanings of the more common hieroglyphs and hieroglyphic phrases, the book also explains the cultural forces behind them. Each of the first four chapters is broken up into two to four page highly accessable chunks. The final chapter, somewhat uninspiringly called "Resource File", is a compendium of reference tables.

Full color photographs make this book interesting to folks who are not as interested in decoding Egyptian inscriptions, but who appreciate ancient Egyptian art.… (more)