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This 5 page paper is an annotated bibliography of 15 items for the subject "hieroglyphics."
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5 pages (~225 words per page)
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articles dealing with the subject. Methodology Because the subject is so broad, it seemed the best thing to do was to use an academic data base (Academic Search Premier) and
simply search for "hieroglyphics." That brought up over 200 hits; narrowing it to "Egyptian hieroglyphics" narrowed it to ten, of which six seemed appropriate. Moving then to elibrary and using
"hieroglyphics" again provided the rest of the material. Much of it deals with Egypt; some of the articles are about the Mayan civilization and there are others mixed in. It
provides a very wide range of information. Annotated Bibliography Abdi, K. (2002). An Egyptian cippus of Horus in the Iran National Museum, Tehran. Journal of Near Eastern Studies, 61, 203.
This article describes an object that is currently housed in the Iran National Museum in Tehran, and discusses its cultural and historical significance. Information discovered thus far indicates that it
was found at Susa, and dates to the Saite period. The article describes the object in detail, and reveals that part of it is covered in Egyptian hieroglyphs. Aronson, J.
K. (2005). Write on. British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 59, 141-142. The article discusses the way in which writing began and developed. It starts with the Paleolithic pictographs that were
drawn over 30,000 years ago, and describes how these pictograms turned into ideograms. Ideograms are the characters used in Egyptian hieroglyphics and Chinese and other similar forms of writing, where
a picture represents a word. It credits Michael Ventris with deciphering Minoan Linear B, which was found on tablets at Knossos in the early 20th century. Bower, B. (1998, January
24). Sacred secrets of the caves. Science News, 153, 56. This article describes an exploration of caves in Guatemala that show Maya use. It discusses stools and benches found in
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