Nina M. Davies
The decorative beauty of the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic script has always attracted interest and curiosity, and Mrs Davies, while not attempting to deal with the subject from the point of veiw of the expert philologist, presents in all their colourful and artistic detail a selection of signs which she has copied from the walls of the XVIIIth Dynasty tombs in the Theban necropolis. She also describes the methods and techniques employed by the ancient artists and sculptors and explains the origin and sound values of hieroglyphic signs. A list equating the signs represented in the text and plated with the Sign-List of Sir Alan Gardiner's Egyptian Grammar is a useful addition for both the scholar and layman who wish to investigate the subject further.
Picture Writing in Ancient Egypt