Visible Language: Inventions of Writing in the Ancient Middle East and Beyond (Oriental Institute Museum Publications (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.96 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1885923767 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 240 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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The author and co-author of a wide range of popular and scholarly publications, her most recent books include Ancient Egypt: Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute; Egypt and the Egyptians; and The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt.Geoff Emberling is Assistant Research Scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan. He has directed archaeological fieldwork at Tell Brak in northeastern Syria, in the Fourth Cataract
The author and co-author of a wide range of popular and scholarly publications, her most recent books include Ancient Egypt: Treasures from the Collection of the Oriental Institute; Egypt and the Egyptians; and The Life of Meresamun: A Temple Singer in Ancient Egypt.Geoff Emberling is Assistant Research Scientist at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology at the University of Michigan. About the Author Christopher Woods is Secretary of the Church of England Liturgical Commission and National Worship Development Officer of the Archbishops' Council.Emily Teeter Ph.D. She h
This book presents current perspectives on the origins and development of writing in Mesopotamia and Egypt, providing an overview of each writing system and its uses. Essays on writing in China and Mesoamerica complete coverage of the four pristine writing systems - inventions of writing in which there was no previous exposure to texts. Writing, the ability to make language visible and permanent, is one of humanity's greatest inventions. The authors explore what writing is, and is not, and sections of the text are devoted to Anatolian hieroglyphs of Anatolia, and to the development of the alphabet in the Sinai Peninsula in the second millennium BC and its spread to Phoenicia where it spawned the Greek and Latin alphabets. This richly illustrated volume, issued in conjunction with an exhibit at the Oriental Institute, provides a current perspective on, and appreciation of, an invention that changed the course of history.
"Invention of Writing, Middle East & Beyond" according to Lewis Baker. This is a large format book heavily illustrated with photos and drawings that illustrate the latest knowledge about the invention of writing primarily in the ancient Near East & beyond. This fascinating, detailed work from the labs of the Oriental Institute Museum in Chicago will be enjoyed by readers with at least a general survey background in Ancient History.