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An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities : $b including the author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts — John Shaqi

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An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities : $b including the author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts

Name: An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities : $b including the author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts
Author: Young, Thomas

Young, Thomas

Egyptian language -- Writing, Hieroglyphic

DISCOVERIES

    IN

    HIEROGLYPHICAL LITERATURE.

    HOWLETT and BRIMMER, PRINTERS,
    FRITH STREET, SOHO.

    AN ACCOUNT

    OF

    SOME RECENT DISCOVERIES

    IN

    HIEROGLYPHICAL LITERATURE,

    AND

    EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES.

    INCLUDING

    THE AUTHOR’S ORIGINAL ALPHABET,

    AS EXTENDED BY MR. CHAMPOLLION,

    WITH A

    TRANSLATION OF FIVE UNPUBLISHED GREEK AND
    EGYPTIAN MANUSCRIPTS.

    BY THOMAS YOUNG, M.D.F.R.S.

    FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.

    LONDON:

    JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.

    1823.

    TO ALEXANDER BARON VON HUMBOLDT,

    AS A MARK OF THE HIGHEST RESPECT,
    FOR THE EXTENT OF HIS KNOWLEDGE
    AND THE ACCURACY OF HIS RESEARCH,
    AS WELL AS
    FOR HIS ARDENT ZEAL IN THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE,
    AND FOR HIS CANDOUR AND VIGILANCE
    IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF LITERARY JUSTICE,
    THIS WORK IS DEDICATED
    BY HIS OBLIGED FRIEND,

    THE AUTHOR.

VOLVENDA DIES EN ATTULIT ULTRO!

CONTENTS.

                                                                    Page

    PREFACE                                                           IX

    CHAPTER I.

    _Introductory Sketch of the prevalent Opinions respecting
    Hieroglyphics_                                                     1

    CHAPTER II.

    _Investigations founded on the Pillar of Rosetta_                  8

    CHAPTER III.

    _Additional Inferences, deduced from the Egyptian
    Manuscripts, and from other Monuments_                            15

    CHAPTER IV.

    _Collections of the French.--Mr. Drovetti.--Mr. Champollion’s
    Discoveries_                                                      34

    CHAPTER V.

    _Illustrations of the Manuscripts brought from Egypt
    by Mr. Grey_                                                      55

    CHAPTER VI.

    _Extracts from Diodorus and Herodotus; relating to
    Mummies_                                                          87

    CHAPTER VII.

    _Extracts from Strabo; Alphabet of Champollion;
    Hieroglyphical and Enchorial Names_                              116

    CHAPTER VIII.

    _Chronological History of the Ptolemies, extracted from
    various Authors_                                                 130

    APPENDIX I.

    _Greek text of the Manuscripts and Registries_                   145

    APPENDIX II.

    _Specimens of Hieroglyphics_                                     153

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An account of some recent discoveries in hieroglyphical literature, and Egyptian antiquities : $b including the author's original alphabet, as extended by Mr. Champollion, with a translation of five unpublished Greek and Egyptian manuscripts

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