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Reading the past : ancient writing from cuneiform to the alphabet / by Hooker, J. T.(CARDINAL)513043;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Cuneiform / C.B.F. Walker -- Egyptian hieroglyphs / W.V. Davies -- Linear B and related scripts / John Chadwick -- The early alphabet / John F. Healey -- Greek inscriptions / B.F. Cook -- Etruscan / Larissa Bonfante.
Subjects: Writing;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Texts from the pyramid age / by Strudwick, Nigel.(CARDINAL)266087;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 465-502) and index.
Subjects: Inscriptions, Egyptian;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs, and paintings. by Porter, Bertha,1852-1941.(CARDINAL)310751; Moss, Rosalind L. B.(Rosalind Louisa Beaufort)(CARDINAL)310750; Burney, Ethel W.(CARDINAL)310749;
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Subjects: Bibliographies.; Egyptian language; Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic; Inscriptions, Meroitic;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Readings from the ancient Near East : primary sources for Old Testament study / by Arnold, Bill T.(CARDINAL)649988; Beyer, Bryan.(CARDINAL)766409;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-234) and index.Creation and the Flood -- Tower of Babel -- Ancestral customs -- Epic literature -- Covenants and treaties -- Law codes -- Cultic texts -- Royal records from Mesopotamia -- Chronicles and other historiographic lists -- Non-Hebres monumental inscriptions -- Letters -- Other Hebrew inscriptions -- Wisdom literature -- Love poems -- Hymns and prayers -- Prophecies, visions, and apocalyptic -- Divination and incantation texts -- Lamentations.
Subjects: Bible.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Writings from ancient Egypt / by Wilkinson, Toby,1969-translator,writer of introduction.(CARDINAL)282736;
Includes bibliographical references."...Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson has freshly translated a rich and diverse range of ancient Egyptian writings into modern English, including tales of shipwreck and wonder, first-hand accounts of battles and natural disasters, obelisk inscriptions, mortuary spells, funeral hymns, songs, satires and advice on life from a pharaoh to his son...." (From back cover).
Subjects: Literature.; Egyptian literature;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Runes / by Findell, Martin,author.(CARDINAL)814057;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 102-105) and index."Runes -- letters in a set of related alphabets used to write various Germanic languages before the adoption of the Latin alphabet -- can be found across northwestern Europe, on everything from gravestones to jewelry. This mysterious and ancient script, in use from late antiquity through the early Middle Ages, has fascinated forensic scientists, archaeologists, linguists, art historians -- and even J. R. R. Tolkien. Illustrated with objects from the British Museum's collection that show the inscriptions in context, this engaging book is the ideal introduction to an age-old writing system" -- Back cover.
Subjects: Runes.; Inscriptions, Runic.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Hieroglyphics / by Hansen, Grace,author.(CARDINAL)352419; ABDO Publishing Company,publisher.(CARDINAL)668085;
Record keepers -- Surfaces & tools -- Symbols -- Tomb hieroglyphs -- Glossary.The ancient Egyptians found a way to record what was important to them by creating a written language made up of images called hieroglyphs. Readers will learn about hieroglyphs, what Egyptians used to write on, and some of the more common and important hieroglyphs. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Kids Jumbo is an imprint of Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO.
Subjects: Hieroglyphics; Inscriptions, Egyptian;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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Samothrace; excavations conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University / by Lehmann, Karl,1894-1960.(CARDINAL)147810; Lehmann, Phyllis Williams,1912-2004.(CARDINAL)147403; New York University.Institute of Fine Arts.(CARDINAL)158461;
Bibliography: volume 1, page 121.v. 1. The ancient literary sources, edited and translated by N. Lewis.--v. 2, pt. 1. The inscriptions on stone, by P. M. Fraser.--v. 2, pt. 2. The inscriptions on ceramics and minor objects, by K. Lehmann.--v. 3. The Hieron, by P. W. Lehmann. pt. 1-2. Text I-II. pt. 3. Plates. 3 v.--v. 4, pt. 1. The Hall of Votive Gifts, by K. Lehmann.--v. 4, pt. 2. The Altar Court, by K. Lehmann and D. Spittle.
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
On-line resources: Suggest title for digitization;
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Secrets of Noah's ark [videorecording] / by Young, Ric.ausdrt; Blink Films.; PBS Distribution (Firm),film distributor.(CARDINAL)309769; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),publisher.(CARDINAL)189964; Yap Films.;
Originally broadcast by PBS Oct. 15, 2015.Using instructions from an intriguing, 3,700 year-old inscription, a team of historians and expert boat builders investigates a fascinating flood legend and sets out to rebuild a tantalizing, ancient forerunner of the Ark.Rating: TVPG.DVD, region 1; stereo.
Subjects: Documentary television programs.; Nonfiction television programs.; Boatbuilding.; Noah's ark.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Poems dead and undead / by Barnstone, Tony,editor.(CARDINAL)363816; Mitchell-Foust, Michelle,editor.(CARDINAL)651040;
"An anthology of poems about ghosts, vampires, zombies, and demons, from ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia up to the present"--"In time for Halloween: a one-of-a-kind hardcover collection of poems from ancient times to the present about ghosts, zombies, and vampires. EVERYMAN'S LIBRARY POCKET POETS. This selection of poems from across the ages brings to life a staggering array of zombies, ghosts, vampires, and devils. Our culture's current obsession with zombies and vampires is only the latest form of a fascination with crossing the boundary between the living and the dead that has haunted humans since we first began writing. The poetic evidence gathered here ranges from ancient Egyptian inscriptions and the Mesopotamian epic Gilgamesh to the Greek bard Homer, and from Shakespeare and Milton and Keats to Emily Dickinson and Edgar Allan Poe. Here too are terrifying apparitions from a host of more recent poets, from T. S. Eliot and Sylvia Plath to Rita Dove and Billy Collins, from Allen Ginsberg and H. P. Lovecraft to Mick Jagger and Shel Silverstein. The result is a delightfully entertaining volume of spine-tingling poems for fans of horror and poetry both"--
Subjects: Paranormal poetry.; Horror poetry.; Poetry.; Ghosts; Vampires; Zombies; Demonology;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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