Hieroglyphs: a very short introduction

Contents; Acknowledgements; List of illustrations; 1 The origins of writing in Egypt; 2 Hieroglyphic script and Egyptian language; 3 Hieroglyphs and art; 4 'I know you, I know your names'; 5 Scribes and everyday writing; 6 The decipherment of Egyptian; 7 Hieroglyphs in the modern world; Notes; Chronology; Further reading; Index.