Learn to decipher the language of the pharaohs & solve the riddle of the pyramids with The Hieroglyphs Handbook". This is hieroglyphics for beginners; an opportunity for the child on the street to walk into a museum & using their handbook translate an Ancient Egyptian inscription from scratch. A visit to the museum will never be the same again & a trip to Egypt will become evenmore of an adventure. The book is divided into three sections: a background history giving the historical context; a practical section explaining how the language works & is written; & a glossary/phrasebook containing the alphabet & all the essential words & phrases."