Hieroglyph Flashcards for iOS

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. The best, most complete set of Flashcards for Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs!
For everyone who enjoys Ancient Egypt: Students, Enthusiasts, and Professionals!
10 Decks of Cards:

 

 

Alphabet Cards: Great deck for beginners! You will, for example, will learn the basic sounds of Egyptian.

Phonetics Cards: In this deck, you can study all the known sounds of the Egyptian language

Egyptian Gods by Name. Some Deities have their own special hieroglyph. Other Gods have a few glyphs in their name, spelling it out phonetically.

Egyptian Gods by Image. Some Deities had many forms through the ages. However, to make it simple, this deck has the image most often associated with the particular God.

Image ofThoth

Determinatives. The Egyptian language has many homonyms!  Therefore, Egyptian uses some (Determinative) glyphs at the end of a word to determine its intended meaning.

example of a determinative glyph.

Logograms.  In Ancient Egyptian there are over 7,000 hieroglyphs. However,  only about 1,000 glyphs were commonly used.  Some glyphs are used as shorthand for an entire word. Glyphs which represent whole words are called logograms.

example of a logogram

Offering Formula is a very common inscription which is easy to recognize. These cards help you recognize and translate the components of these prayers for the dear departed. The example below is how the formula starts, “The King offers a Gift to:”

The beginning of the Offering formula

Pharaohs are divided by historians into 30 (mostly) sequential Dynasties. With this deck you will learn who belongs where.

An example of a Pharaoh's Name and Dynasty

Cartouches.  Pharaohs had up to five names in their Official title. This deck presents the three most commonly used names in Kingly inscriptions. Recognize them and learn who commissioned the inscription.

Hieroglyph Flashcard of a Cartouche

Titles are seen all over tombs and funerary equipment. The Ancient Egyptians wanted to be remembered throughout eternity. They wanted to be remembered along with their jobs and responsibilities .

Hieroglyph Flashcard of a title

 

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