Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Episode 6, William Bankes and the Keys to Decipherment.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6733472 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2016Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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- online resource
Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Bob Brier
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.
Learn how several key discoveries showed how to decipher hieroglyphs the right way, and also shaped our understanding of ancient Egypt. First: a bilingual obelisk that extended the Egyptian alphabet. Second: the "Hall of Ancients", which contained the longest list of pharaohs ever discovered.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English