Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS iii
3. List of Illustrations iv
4. Acknowledgements v
5. Series Editors’ Preface vii
6. Introduction: A Hieroglyphic Civilisation 1
7. Part I
8. 1 Misreading Egypt 25
9. 2 The Hieroglyphics of Character 62
10. 3 Sound Enclosures 92
11. Part II
12. 4 The ‘Essence’ of Egypt 127
13. 5 Solving the Problem of Babel 165
14. 6 Matrices and Metaverses 199
15. Coda: The Rosetta Stone 239
16. Bibliography 242
17. Index 257