Account of Some Recent Discoveries in Hieroglyphical Literature - Including Author s Original Alphabet, As Extended By Mr.

Klappentext A summary of Thomas Young's pioneering achievements in deciphering hieroglyphs! originally published in 1823. Zusammenfassung Thomas Young (1773–1829) was an English physician who was one of the first modern scholars to attempt to decipher ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. This book, first published in 1823, provides a summary of Young's hieroglyphic research, which he believed Champollion had used without acknowledgement in his important 1822 translations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; 1. Introductory sketch of the prevalent opinions respecting hieroglyphics; 2. Investigations founded on the Pillar of Rosetta; 3. Additional inferences, deduced from the Egyptian manuscripts, and from other monuments; 4. Collections of the French; 5. Illustrations of the manuscripts brought from Egypt by Mr. Grey; 6. Extracts from Diodorus and Herodotus; relating to mummies; 7. Extracts from Strabo; Alphabet of Champollion; Hieroglyphical and Enchorial names; 8. Chronological history of the Ptolemies, extracted from various authors; Appendix 1. Greek text of the manuscripts and registries; Appendix 2. Specimens of hieroglyphics.

Product details

• Authors: Young Thomas, Thomas Young
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.08.2010
• EAN: 9781108017169
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01716-9
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Non-fiction book > History > Pre and early history, antiquity; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)