Ancient Egypt Resources

General Resources

New Stuff on ABZU : Ancient Near East studies links
CCER : The Center for Computer-Aided Egyptological Research
The Rostau Page : Home page of the Ancient Egyptian Language mailing list
Guardian's Egypt Homepage

Egyptian Language and Literature

Egyptian Pronunciation:

Part 1 : Introduction: The basics of Egyptian pronunciation

Part 2 : Some ideas on the pronunciation of Egyptian verbs

Papyrology Home Page

Hieroglyphic

le Moyen Egyptien : An excellent introduction to reading Egyptian Hieroglyphic inscriptions.
A Little Egyptian Reading Book : Simple Egyptian reading exercises being developed by Stephen.
Admiral Ahmose relates his deeds : A short biographical passage from Dynasty XVIII
Short Egyptian grammar - Günther Roeder, English translation, 1920

Roeder reader answers - complete answers to the reading exercises

Egyptian grammar : with table of signs, bibliography, exercises for reading and glossary - Adolf Erman, English Translation 1894

Hieratic

Basic Lessons in Hieratic : An introduction to reading hieratic script for those who already know hieroglyphics (under development by Stephen)
Hieratische Paläographie (vol. 1 - 4) Georg Moeller: Still the standard reference of hieratic signs
Hieratische Lesestücke, vol. 1 Georg Moeller: Still the standard hieratic reading book

Demotic

Thus Wrote 'Onchsheshonqy : Online textbook on Demotic grammar and script by Janet Johnson
Egyptian Demotic Practical Guide : Online textbook and reader for Demotic by Leonardo Caldas Vieira

Coptic

The Coptic Language : An introduction to the Coptic alphabet and basic lessons on Bohairic Coptic.

A Course of Lessons in the Coptic Language (Revised): by Nabil S. Isshak An introductory course in Bohairic Coptic

An Introductory Coptic Grammar (Sahidic Dialect): by John Martin Plumley

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