UCL uses DVD to Decipher & Teach Hieroglyphs

The Université Catholique de Louvain, Belgium, has developed a DVD that helps students and researchers with reading and deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs. The UCL calls the work of Claude Obsomer - professor at the Oriental Institute - a world premiere. The DVD contains 800 hiëroglyphs, 10,000 photographs, 2,300 words and 200 pages of exercises.

The idea behind the DVD 'Égyptien Hiéroglyphique' is for anybody to be able to learn hieroglyphs, be it on their own or by using the disc as an extra help in class. In terms of content, it addresses the grammar, vocabulary, writing and translation of texts of classical Egyptian language. It's equivalent to what you would be taught in 3 to 4 years of a university course.

Professor Obsomer's DVD seeks to be more than just a digital dictionary, adding extra value and context to the words: users may look up the correct pronunciation of a word, and photographs taken at archaeological sites in Egypt place the hieroglyphs in context. Also, for each hieroglyph an animation is shown, illustrating how to easily reproduce it.

The DVD and an exercise book can be obtained through 'Editions Safran' and will cost you 129 Euros. At the moment, both are available in French only.

Peut-être une bonne raison pour commencer à apprendre le français? ;)
Via ArcheoNet Vlaanderen

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