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Unlocking Egyptian Hieroglyphs
Marie Morgann
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(7)
In this hour-long course, students will learn the basic principles of reading (and try their hand at writing!) Egyptian hieroglyphs.
Class experience
US Grade 4 - 7
In this hour-long class, students will learn the history and usage of Egyptian hieroglyphs. I will reinforce the lesson with myriad examples from my personal collection of photos to illustrate all materials and points discussed. Following this brief history, we will discuss who discovered the meaning (i.e., cracked the code!) of the hieroglyphs in order to illustrate the basics of how the writing system is structured. Finally, students will spend the last half of class examining and...
I learned Middle Egyptian at Oxford University, United Kingdom, and I have taught introductory seminars on Egyptian hieroglyphs to young people as part of my language curriculum for years. As a career linguist, Semitic languages have been one of my areas of focus since 2003.
1 file available upon enrollmentStudents will need a pencil, plain paper, and a dark marker to ultimately trace over the pencil.
I have always used the hieroglyph instruction methodology and textbooks of Dr. Bill Manley.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(7)
Marie Morgann is a Franco-American linguist, writer, and educator. She teaches, translates, and conducts research in twelve languages, ancient and modern. She spent a decade conducting graduate research in archaeology at the University of Oxford,...
Group Class
$20
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 19 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
1-9 learners per class
