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| Preface | |
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| Inscriptions | |
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| Stela of Mereri (c. 2200 BC) | |
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| Sound Signs | |
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| Direction of Writing | |
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| Vowels and Pronunciation | |
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| Determinatives | |
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| How Do We Know How to Read Hieroglyphs? | |
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| Signs Writing 2 or 3 Sounds | |
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| Sound Complements | |
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| Unexpected Writings | |
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| What is Transliteration? | |
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| Another Stela of Mereri (c. 2200 BC) | |
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| The Offering Formula | |
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| 'a' and 'the' | |
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| Even More Unexpected Writings | |
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| Ideograms? | |
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| What is Middle Egyptian? | |
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| Stela of Minuser (c. 2200 BC) | |
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| Word Order | |
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| Funerary Stamp of Mermose (c. 1350 BC) | |
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| Inner Coffin of Khnumhotep, son of Nebtu (c. 1800 BC) | |
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| More About the Offering Formula | |
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| <$$$> k and Identity | |
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| Stela of Dedu and Satsobk (c. 1900 BC) | |
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| Feminine Words | |
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| Why Food Offerings? | |
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| Stela of Ty (c. 2200 BC) | |
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| Stela of Intef and Nesumontju (c. 1700 BC?) | |
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| Titles of Osiris | |
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| Stela of Shenwy and Hedjret (c. 1900 BC) | |
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| The Dedication Formula | |
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| The Family | |
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| Coffin of Khnumhotep, Son of Henib (c. 1850 BC) | |
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| King's Names | |
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| Kings' Titularies | |
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| Stela of Djet, from his Tomb at Abydos (c. 2950 BC) | |
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| Stela of Raneb (c. 2750 BC) | |
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| Inscription of Khakaura Senusret III (c. 1836-1818 BC) | |
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| Writing Plurals | |
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| Another Inscription of Khakaura Senusret III (c. 1836-1818 BC) | |
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| Three Inscriptions of Ramesses II (c. 1279-1213 BC) | |
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| Three Stelae of Thutmose IV (c. 1400-1390 BC) from the Great Sphinx | |
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| Epithets | |
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| The King and the Gods | |
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| Inscriptions from a Golden Shrine of Tutankhamun (c. 1332-1322 BC) | |
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| The Oldest Texts and Earliest Hieroglyphs | |
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| How Did Writing Begin in Egypt? | |
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| Slate Palette of King Narmer from the Temple of Horus (c. 2950 BC) | |
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| Ivory Comb of King Djet from his Tomb (c. 2950 BC) | |
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| Ivory Label of King Den from his Tomb (c. 2900 BC) | |
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| Putting It All Together: Two Inscriptions | |
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| Marriage Inscription of Amenhotep III (c. 1390 BC) | |
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| <$$$>-pw 'he is' or 'she is' | |
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| Offering-Chapel of Sarenput II at Aswan (c. 1850 BC) | |
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| Epilogue | |
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| List of Kings' Names | |
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| List of Gods | |
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| List of Hieroglyphic Signs | |
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| List of Words in Hieroglyphs | |
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| Sources of Illustrations | |
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| Index | |