Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs. Episode 3, How a Language Becomes Lost. - 1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

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Bob Brier

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2016.

How is it possible for a language used by the world's greatest civilization to become lost? The answer, you'll learn, involves charting the rise and fall of ancient Egypt's spectacular kingdoms, as well as investigating the ways Christianity replaced hieroglyphs with Greek letters.


Mode of access: World Wide Web.


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Linguistics.
History, Ancient.


Education films.