Either a book, or a website. Not just any site that comes up as soon as you type "hieroglyphics" in a search engine. I want to get a large tattoo and I want it to be accurate, and for what i get to have actual meaning. Any info appreciated. Thanks.
2006-11-07 15:16:17 · 4 answers · asked by digitalexis 2 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
How to read Egyptian hieroglyphs : a step-by-step guide to teach yourself by Bill Manley and Mark Collier is probably the best basic book. However, to learn how to say much of anything, it takes a lot of study. Do you have a particular word or type of thing in mind?
If you're looking for something short, I can probably produce it for you. Post again or email me through yahoo answers to let me know what you want to say.
On a side note, and being picky here, they are "hieroglyphs" ("hieroglyphic" is an adjective - i.e., descriptive word - not a noun).
Good luck. Let me know if you need more help.
2006-11-08 08:29:01 · answer #1 · answered by Amelia 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Good luck with that, I spent over 5 years working in Egypt (nothing to do with hieroglyphics) and was looking for something similar , without much luck,
Names are easy enough but actual messages very difficult.
And how would you ever know without confirming it with some one else?
I bought a sweat shirt with 'authentic' Gaelic writing on the back which translated meant some thing like 'May your given hand never fail' (or words to that effect).
When I showed it to an Irish friend he asked if I had paid $25 for it.
He was spot on.
The actual translation was 'This a55 ho*e has just paid $25 for this old rag'!!
That has nothing at all to do with hieroglyphics, but you catch my drift?
Good luck in your quest, but remember a tattoo is harder to get rid of than a sweat shirt.
2006-11-08 05:21:52 · answer #2 · answered by budding author 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you come and visit Egypt once, there is some guys working in tattoes here who can right down your life story in Hieroglyphic language. i m sorry, but i don't know any website or a book that teach Hieroglyph
2006-11-07 17:37:47 · answer #3 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-28 02:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋