Learning hieroglyphs- Alan Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar?

Question

Hi,

Would it be worth to spend 65$(CAN $) to buy the book Egyptian Grammar to study the hieroglyphs and the Egyptian language?


Thanks.

Answer 1

That would depend on just how serious you are about learning hieroglyphics:

"A Serious book for Serious Students, November 20, 2001
By "shaure" (Australia) - See all my reviews
Alan Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar is THE book for the serious student of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Definately not for the non serious layperson, Gardiner goes into indepth detail on the decipherment and transliteration of Middle Egyptian hieroglyphs. An expensive book, but well worth it."

"If you are truly interested in learning Egyptian hieroglyphs for an upcoming trip to Egypt or to visit a museum with a collection (I amazed a friend once by being able to read an inscription at the museum; I confessed that of the hundreds of 'paragraphs' of hieroglyphs in the collection, that that was one of only two I could decipher without my notebook), this text might not be the first choice. However, if you are serious about studying hieroglyphs and think it might become a lifelong avocation or even professional study, this is the text to get."

There are some used for as low as $47.14 (American) - see 2nd and 3rd links, please.

Answer 2

it all depends on how much you want to learn the hieroglyphs... could you get it from a library to peruse it to see if you liked it enough to buy it? I have always been fancinated with them myself, and the Viking Runes as well... there are several sites online for the Runes, but I have never looked up Egyptian Hieroglyphs (but I shall have too now!)