Let’s read some hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪! This inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 comes from the false door of a man named Mery (4th Dynasty/Old Kingdom), however the inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 is about his wife 𓂑𓏏𓁐 Niankhwadjet 𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹. Right Hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 Column: 𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏 – King’s Acquaintance 𓉡 – Hathor 𓊹𓍛 – Priest [Priestess in this case] (literally “God’s Servant”) All together, this inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 would read “The King’s Acquaintance, Priestess of Hathor…” The title “King’s Acquaintance 𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏“ is taken to mean that the person was close to the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻! Left Hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 Column: 𓎟 – Possessor 𓌳𓐍𓄪 – Reverence 𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹 – Niankhwadjet “Possessor of Reverence, Niankhwadjet.” Let’s put it all together! 𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏𓉡𓊹𓍛𓎟𓌳𓐍𓄪𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹 “The King’s Acquaintance, Priestess of Hathor, Possessor of Reverence, Niankhwadjet.” This is mh personal video and original text – Do NOT repost! #ancientEgypt#ancientegyptblog#egyptology#hieroglyphics#letsreadsomehieroglyphs#egitto#egyptianhistory#metropolitanmuseumofart#metmuseum#hieroglyphs
This inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 comes from the false door of a man named Mery (4th Dynasty/Old Kingdom), however the inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 is about his wife 𓂑𓏏𓁐 Niankhwadjet 𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹.
Right Hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 Column:
𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏 – King’s Acquaintance
𓉡 – Hathor
𓊹𓍛 – Priest [Priestess in this case] (literally “God’s Servant”)
All together, this inscription 𓏟𓏛𓏥 would read “The King’s Acquaintance, Priestess of Hathor…” The title “King’s Acquaintance 𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏“ is taken to mean that the person was close to the pharaoh 𓉐𓉻!
Left Hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 Column:
𓎟 – Possessor
𓌳𓐍𓄪 – Reverence
𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹 – Niankhwadjet
“Possessor of Reverence, Niankhwadjet.”
Let’s put it all together!
𓇓𓂋𓐍𓏏𓉡𓊹𓍛𓎟𓌳𓐍𓄪𓈖𓇅𓏏𓋹
“The King’s Acquaintance, Priestess of Hathor, Possessor of Reverence, Niankhwadjet.”
Here is my past post (with photographs) on this beautiful piece!
Here are my recommendations of hieroglyphic dictionaries to get you started on your journey to reading hieroglyphs! Like with learning any language, getting a good dictionary to help you learn is going to be vital! I love all my dictionaries that I share in this video, and I hope you can all enjoy them too! I started to teach myself ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs starting at the age of six and I’ve been reading them for over 25 years now! I love teaching people how they can learn too – if I can do it, anyone can! This is not an ad – I brought all of these books myself and these are my honest opinions. You can check out my “Recommendations” highlight for links to the books! Follow me to learn all about ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs, Egyptian mythology, art, culture and more! This is my personal video and original text. DO NOT repost. #ancientEgypt#hieroglyphics#languagelearning#ancientegyptianlanguage#hieroglyphs#letsreadsomehieroglyphs#bookrecommendations#ancientegyptblog#egyptology
Hi 𓉔𓇌𓀁 everyone! I’m back with another book 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 recommendation! These are four 𓏽 hieroglyphic 𓊹𓌃𓏪 dictionaries that I really like and use all the time! I would definitely recommend these dictionaries if you’re studying hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪!
The two 𓏻 dictionaries by Bill Petty are easy to get because they are still in print, however, the Budge dictionaries are old and you’ll probably have to get them second hand! My Nonno gave me the Budge dictionaries over 20 𓎆𓎆 years ago and what’s wild is they were old books 20 𓎆𓎆 years ago!
Thank you 𓋴𓏏𓍯𓄿𓀢 to my friend 𓈘𓈇𓀀𓁐 @elianubis for sending me this beautiful 𓄤 shirt as a gift! I love it!!
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This book was essential to me learning hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 as a child. My Nonno gave me this book – it was his long before it was mine. I loved the cover because Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 was on it (and he’s my favorite), but what I didn’t know was how much this book was going to teach me. I will be very honest – I never sat down and intensely studied Egyptian grammar. I never really learned too much Coptic either. I used this book to learn the relationships between symbols and Egyptian words/phrases and it kind of just “clicked” for me. The Book of the Dead is very repetitive, which is very helpful when learning. I also have many other books on reading hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 which were extremely helpful, but this book was probably the best one. In my opinion, you can sit down and study vocabulary all you want, but unless you are actively engaging in the material and reading real Egyptian texts, you aren’t going to learn. I still use this book as a reference very often! I also have a book 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 that is the complete Papyrus of Ani 𓄿𓈖𓏼𓇌𓀀 in pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏, and I would use both books side by side so I could actually see the real papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 as I was reading and learning the symbols. If you want to learn hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪, diving right into Egyptian religious text is the best way to do it (in my opinion – remember, I am completely self taught)! #ancientEgypt#egyptianhistory#booktok#bookrecommendations#bookofthedead#hieroglyphics#letsreadsomehieroglyphs#hieroglyphs
The book I recommend in this video was essential to me learning hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 as a child. My Nonno gave me this book – it was his long before it was mine. I loved the cover because Anubis 𓇋𓈖𓊪𓅱𓁢 was on it (and he’s my favorite), but what I didn’t know was how much this book was going to teach me.
I will be very honest – I never sat down and intensely studied Egyptian grammar. I never really learned too much Coptic either. I used this book to learn the relationships between symbols and Egyptian words/phrases and it kind of just “clicked” for me. The Book of the Dead is very repetitive, which is very helpful when learning. I also have many other books on reading hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪 which were extremely helpful, but this book was probably the best one.
In my opinion, you can sit down and study vocabulary all you want, but unless you are actively engaging in the material and reading real Egyptian texts, you aren’t going to learn. I still use this book as a reference very often!
I also have a book 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 that is the complete Papyrus of Ani 𓄿𓈖𓏼𓇌𓀀 in pictures 𓏏𓅱𓏏, and I would use both books side by side so I could actually see the real papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 as I was reading and learning the symbols.
If you want to learn hieroglyphics 𓊹𓌃𓏪, diving right into Egyptian religious text is the best way to do it (in my opinion – remember, I am completely self taught)!
This video shows my honest opinions! However, I am an Amazon Associate and if you use my links to purchase the books I recommended, I will earn a small commission. This helps me keep my website and educational materials free for everyone!
Do you want to learn how to read ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs but don’t know where to begin? Here are some book recommendations to get you started! I started to teach myself ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs starting at the age of six and I’ve been reading them for over 25 years now! I love teaching people how they can learn too – if I can do it, anyone can! This is not an ad – I brought all of these books myself and these are my honest opinions. Follow me to learn all about ancient Egypt, hieroglyphs, Egyptian mythology, art, culture and more! This is my personal video and original text. DO NOT repost. #ancientEgypt#hieroglyphics#egyptianhistory#languagelearningtips#languagelearning#bookrecommendations#hieroglyphs#letsreadsomehieroglyphs#ancientegyptblog
Hi 𓉔𓇌𓀁 everyone! Today 𓏇𓇋𓈖𓇳 I am here with two 𓏻 book recommendations if you want to learn to read hieroglyphs 𓊹𓌃𓏪 too! The first book is “Hieroglyphs for Complete Beginners” by Bill Manley and the second book is “How to Read Egyptian” by Mark Collier and Bill Manley!
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The Four Sons of Horus were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion – usually in a funerary aspect. During the process of mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎 (which took about 70 𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆 days), the embalmers removed the internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and placed them in Canopic Jars. Each of the four 𓏽 jars was for one of the major internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and each jar had a different head which represented one of the four Sons of Horus. Qebehsenuef 𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭 (falcon head) held/protected the intestines 𓈖𓊪𓅮𓄿𓏲𓏼. Hapi 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇌𓀭 (baboon head) held/protected the lungs 𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺 Duamutef 𓇼𓅐𓏏𓆑𓀭 (jackal head) held/protected the stomach 𓂋𓄣𓏻 Imseti 𓇋𓅓𓊃𓍿𓀭 (human head) held/protected the liver 𓅓𓊃𓏏𓄹𓏸𓏸𓏸 For some reason the captions are not working I apologize!! #ancientEgypt#egyptianhistory#egyptologist#egyptology#historytok#themummy1999#metropolitanmuseumofart#canopicjars#egyptianmythology
The Four Sons of Horus were an integral part of ancient Egyptian religion – usually in a funerary aspect.
During the process of mummification 𓋴𓂧𓐍𓅱𓐎 (which took about 70 𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆𓎆 days), the embalmers removed the internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and placed them in Canopic Jars. Each of the four 𓏽 jars was for one of the major internal organs 𓇋𓂧𓂋𓄹𓏦 and each jar had a different head which represented one of the four Sons of Horus.
Qebehsenuef 𓏁𓌢𓌢𓌢𓆑𓀭 (falcon head) held/protected the intestines 𓈖𓊪𓅮𓄿𓏲𓏼.
Hapi 𓎛𓐑𓊪𓇌𓀭 (baboon head) held/protected the lungs 𓊃𓌴𓄥𓅱𓄺
Duamutef 𓇼𓅐𓏏𓆑𓀭 (jackal head) held/protected the stomach 𓂋𓄣𓏻
Imseti 𓇋𓅓𓊃𓍿𓀭 (human head) held/protected the liver 𓅓𓊃𓏏𓄹𓏸𓏸𓏸
My Nonno always made a point to make sure we saw Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 in every museum that we went to. It was part of the fun of going to the museum!! After seeing “The Mummy” for the first time when I was about ten 𓎆 years old, I had already known about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 for years from a historical perspective!! Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪, meaning “He who comes in peace,” was a non-royal man 𓊃𓀀𓏤 who became deified (reached godly status). This is a very rare occurrence, as it was thought by the Egyptians 𓆎𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏪 that the Pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 was the only god 𓊹 on the Earth 𓇾𓇾. Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 was not deified in his lifetime – it was about 2,000 𓆼𓆼 years after his death 𓅓𓏏𓏱 that he began to be worshipped 𓇼𓄿𓀢 as a god 𓊹. Not much is known about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 from his lifetime – much information about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is from Demotic texts or stelae 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸𓏪 that were written thousands of years after his death 𓅓𓏏𓏱. Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is famous for being an incredible architect and is credited with designing Djoser’s 𓂦 Step Pyramid (aka the first ever pyramid 𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴) at Memphis 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖 (modern day Saqqara). He was also a physician! Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is always depicted as a man 𓊃𓀀𓏤 seated in a chair, usually with a piece of papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 in his lap. Much like the god 𓊹 Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱(who he is said to be the son 𓅭 of), he wears a cap on his head. Once you are able to remember what Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 statues 𓄚𓈖𓏏𓏭𓀾𓏪 look like, you will be able to recognize them in any museum that you go to! This is my personal vodeo and original text – DO NOT repost! #ancientEgypt#egyptianhistory#egyptianmythology#metropolitanmuseumofart#metmuseum#egyptology#ancientegyptblog#anticoegitto#imhotep#IFoundImhotep
My Nonno always made a point to make sure we saw Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 in every museum that we went to. It was part of the fun of going to the museum!! After seeing “The Mummy” for the first time when I was about ten 𓎆 years old, I had already known about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 for years from a historical perspective!!
Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪, meaning “He who comes in peace,” was a non-royal man 𓊃𓀀𓏤 who became deified (reached godly status). This is a very rare occurrence, as it was thought by the Egyptians 𓆎𓏏𓀀𓁐𓏪 that the Pharaoh 𓉐𓉻 was the only god 𓊹 on the Earth 𓇾𓇾. Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 was not deified in his lifetime – it was about 2,000 𓆼𓆼 years after his death 𓅓𓏏𓏱 that he began to be worshipped 𓇼𓄿𓀢 as a god 𓊹.
Not much is known about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 from his lifetime – much information about Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is from Demotic texts or stelae 𓎗𓅱𓆓𓉸𓏪 that were written thousands of years after his death 𓅓𓏏𓏱.
Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is famous for being an incredible architect and is credited with designing Djoser’s 𓂦 Step Pyramid (aka the first ever pyramid 𓍋𓅓𓂋𓉴) at Memphis 𓏠𓈖𓄤𓆑𓂋𓉴𓊖 (modern day Saqqara). He was also a physician!
Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 is always depicted as a man 𓊃𓀀𓏤 seated in a chair, usually with a piece of papyrus 𓅓𓍑𓏏𓏛 in his lap. Much like the god 𓊹 Ptah 𓊪𓏏𓎛𓁱(who he is said to be the son 𓅭 of), he wears a cap on his head. Once you are able to remember what Imhotep 𓇍𓅓𓊵𓏏𓊪 statues 𓄚𓈖𓏏𓏭𓀾𓏪 look like, you will be able to recognize them in any museum that you go to!
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