title: The British Museum Book of Egyptian Hieroglyphs
author: Neal Spencer
description: Have you ever wondered at the beautiful and mysterious hieroglyphic writing on Egyptian statues, mummy-cases, papyri and stelae? This beautifully-illustrated book will help you to read and recognize over 35 ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic signs and inscriptions. In these pages you will find an "alphabet" of signs and a selection of the most frequently-used words and phrases, including royal names and epithets, the names of gods and goddesses, official titles, and prayers and offerings to the dead. Each hieroglyphic word or phrase is accurately illustrated in glowing colour. On the facing page is an English translation and a description and photograph of the object from which the hieroglyphs come.
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  Text copyright (c) 2010 by Rick Riordan
  
  
  All rights reserved. Published by Disney * Hyperion Books, an imprint of
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  Printed in the United States of America
  
  
  Hieroglyph art by Michelle Gengaro-Kokmen
  
  
  ISBN 978-1-4231-1338-6
  
  
  Reinforced binding
  
  
  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data on file.
  
  
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  # _Table of Contents_
  
  
    * [1\. A Death At The Needle](The_Red_Pyramid_split_005.html#filepos5504)
  
  
  * [2\. An Explosion For Christmas](The_