The hieroglyphic script provided a flexible and expressive means to write the names of humans, gods and animals. This book explains the meanings of Egyptian personal names and how they were made up (Rameses = 'Ra has given birth to him'), and demonstrates how they were written in different ways to c...

The hieroglyphic script provided a flexible and expressive means to write the names of humans, gods and animals. This book explains the meanings of Egyptian personal names and how they were made up (Rameses = 'Ra has given birth to him'), and demonstrates how they were written in different ways to convey various shades of meaning.