Nigel Strudwick
Author of Thebes in Egypt: A Guide to the Tombs and Temples of Ancient Luxor
About the Author
Nigel C. Strudwick is Assistant Keeper, Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan, at The British Museum.
Image credit: Nigel Strudwick [credit: G. Sanchez]
Works by Nigel Strudwick
Mummies: Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt (Treasures From The British Museum) (2005) — Author — 19 copies
The British Museum Pocket Dictionary Ancient Egyptian Mummies (British Museum Pocket Dictionaries) (2004) 11 copies
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- Gender
- male
- Education
- University of Liverpool
- Occupations
- Egyptologist
museum curator
art historian
archaeologist - Organizations
- British Museum
University of Memphis - Relationships
- Strudwick, Helen (wife)
- Nationality
- UK
- Places of residence
- Whaddon, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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A handy little pocket sized book for those who are touring Egypt or a museum, Strudwick has many examples of texts shown in pictures from monuments, buildings, and artifacts. He shows you how to spot and translate pharaoh names, typical sayings and phrases with hieroglyphs, a brief translation, and a description of what that means as part of the whole text.
How to Decode the Sacred Language of the Ancient Egyptians. Egyptian hieroglyphs have long fascinated people the world over, though traditionally only specially trained scholars have been able to unlock their esoteric secrets. In Hieroglyph Detective, renowned Egyptologist Nigel Strudwick offers a historical background for the symbols as he takes the reader on a visual tour of museums around the world and provides step-by-step instructions on how to decipher inscriptions from ancient show more Egyptian tombs and temples.... show less
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