Ancient Egyptian: Writings from Ancient Egypt Let me just preface this Very Serious Analysis of Writings from Ancient Egypt by saying: OMG I don’t think I’ve ever had a floppier Penguin paperback! I’m in love. 😍 Now that that’s out of the way… Writings from Ancient Egypt overview This Penguin collection is translated and compiled by…
Ancient Egyptian: The Egyptian Book of the Dead The Book of the Dead I talked briefly about Ancient Egypt’s The Book of the Dead in my post about Ancient Egyptian language and literature a couple months back, but today I’ll take a more in-depth look at this most famous work of Ancient Egyptian literature. The Book of…
Ancient Egyptian Language and Literature: From the Old Kingdom to the New Introduction When you think of Ancient Egyptian as a language, you probably think of the famous hieroglyphs (such as those pictured left) drawn or engraved all over Egypt’s ancient tombs, but did you know that there was another, less formal writing system that…