Excerpt from Elementary Egyptian GrammarThe hieroglyphic signs are pictures of human figures, animals, birds, and the common Objects Of daily life among the people, and in their early. Forms they throw great light on the civilisation of that distant time. The writing is usually from right to left (this is invariably the case in hieratic and demotic), but sometimes for decorative reasons the hieroglyphs are written from left to right. They can also be written in vertical columns. The rule is to read towards the faces of the animals and birds. For convenience sake, hieroglyphs are always printed from left. To right. The words are written as much as possible in square groups for the sake of symmetry.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.