Lexicity/ππΊπππ ππ Egyptian
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Dictionaries
Resource | Description |
Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae | You need to register in order to look up words. Registration is free, however. An excellent resource. |
Demotic Dictionary of the Oriental Institute | Scroll down and click the arrows to download. |
Budge's Egyptian Dictionary | A classic text. The link goes to volume 1, and volume 2 is also available. |
Hieroglyphics Dictionary | With various types of entry and instructions. You can also browse through the listing. |
Dictionnaire Rosette | An Egyptian-French dictionary. All the instructions are in French as well, but as always, Chrome can help. |
Demotic Egyptian-German Wordlist | Can be used all online. |
French Egyptian Dictionary | An older book online. |
French Hieroglyphics Lexicon | Or "Lexique Hieroglyphique." |
German Egyptian Dictionary | There always has to be a Handworterbuch... |
Gardiner's Sign List | Very useful and important to know for the language. |
Cooperative Ancient Egyptian Dictionary | Works as a wiki. Some annoying ads, unfortunately. |
Color Hieroglyphic Dictionary | In French, but organized by parts of speech and other divisions. |
A Signlist | Link is on the right side, under "language." |
The Beinlich Wordlist | Supports transcription and German entry. |
Hieroglyphics list | Instructions are in French, has thousands of entries. |
Middle-Egyptian Portugese Dictionary | Instructions are all in Portugese as well. |
Grammars
Resource | Description |
Egyptian Grammar | Includes tables of signs and readings. |
The Demotic Verbal System | Another great title from the U of Chicago. |
Grammaire Egyptienne | An old grammar in French. |
Another French Grammar | For Egyptian. |
An Introductory Grammar of Demotic | From the University of Chicago. |
Egyptian Demotic Guide | A very nice intro text. |
Short Egyptian Grammar | See also the answers to the exercises. |
Hieroglyphs Lessons | Some basic lessons. |
French Hieroglyphic Lessons | A couple other lessons besides this one. |
A Little Egyptian Reading Book | Very basic reading helps. |
Egyptian Exercises | Very basic exercises. |
Concise Middle-Egyptian Grammar | Missing lots of pieces. Link is on the right. |
Key to Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar Exercises | All available online. |
Key to Ockinga's Grammar of Middle Egyptian | Also done through HTML. |
Basic Lessons in Hieratic | An introduction to the writing system. |
Charts & Aids
Resource | Description |
Hieroglyphics Flashcards for Windows | Several expansion files available, a very useful tool. |
More Hieroglyphics Flashcards | Hundreds more, actually (really). |
Hieroglyphic Characters | A very convenient, printable picture. |
Pronunciation of Ancient Egyptian | Lots of background, plus tables of some characters. |
Hierowriter | Use this online system to write hieroglyphs. |
WikiHiero | Another online system for writing, with support for several languages and online integration. |
Texts
Resource | Description |
Duke Demotic Manuscripts Online | Images and descriptions. |
Duke Hieratic Manscripts Online | Images and descriptions - the same collection as above. |
Demotic Papyri | Lots of different texts. |
Katalog der Papyrussammlung | Various ways of searching. |
Trismegistos | Many papyrological and epigraphical resources. |
Chicago Papyri Collection | Many different kinds of texts. |
Hieroglyphic Texts from the British Museum | England ended up with most of the good stuff. |
AEL Text Index | A list of texts - some give lots of help for reading, others none at all. |
Thotweb's Texts Online | Site is in French, but it has many links. |
Papyrus of Ani | A facsimile. See volume 2. |
Various Egyptian Texts | Tutankhamen, Amenism, and others. |
The Rosetta Stone | Not the company with those annoying ads on Pandora and in airplane magazines. A fascinating story. |
Egyptian Readings for Beginners | An older but useful book. |
Other Resources
Resource | Description |
Egyptology Resources | An online collection of resources for the study of Egypt. |
Checklist of Old Text Editions | Papyri, ostraca, and tablets. |
Portugese Introduction to Hieroglyphs | Includes a lot of different resources. |
Digital Egypt Online | A collection of many different learning and teaching resources. |
Ancient Egypt Online | Be sure to visit King Tut's Facebook page. |
The British Museum's Ancient Egypt | Lots of cool stuff online. |
Egyptian Cultural Topics | Many different things online. |
Akhet Egyptian Mythology | Another site with a great deal of information. |
The Ancient Egypt Site | Very nice feathers are the top of the site. |
Ancient Egypt: The Mythology | Looking forward to Ancient Egypt: The Musical. |
Ancient Egypt Sites | Many, many, many different sites. Grab some sunglasses for the insane background color though. |
Manuel de Codage | A project for systematizing the computer encoding of Egyptian characters. Site is very old, unfortunately. |
Hieroglyphs Translator | See your name the way it was made to be written. |
Burial Practices in Ancient Egypt | A great article on the burial practices in Ancient Egypt. Submitted by Ms. L's 6th grade social studies class. Thank you for the suggestion! |