Hieroglyphics and the Acceptance of Human History

dc.contributor.author	Blacker, Elise
dc.date.accessioned	2019-05-06T13:20:38Z
dc.date.available	2019-05-06T13:20:38Z
dc.date.issued	2018-12-10
dc.description.abstract	Ancient Egypt has long been thought of as interminably ancient, utterly and completely out of reach. Hieroglyphics have undeniably played a massive role in this conceptualisation of Egypt, entrancing many a small child’s imagination with what seems to a modern eye nonsensical pictures in unintelligible patterns. Yet others have historically disdained that which they do not understand, which was certainly the case with some Europeans’ views on the subject of both Egypt and hieroglyphics. The struggle to understand hieroglyphics lasted for over a millennium, not ending until the nineteenth century and during those years, the summary hegemony of the Bible’s authority on matters of history began to waver. This paper will examine historical European perceptions and understanding of Ancient Egypt and its hieroglyphics from antiquity to the enlightenment era alongside the development of the field of chronology, with special attention to the brief areas where the two quite distinct topics intersect.	en_US
dc.format.availability	Full-text	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10587/1954
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Mount Saint Vincent University	en_US
dc.subject	Hieroglyphics, Ancient Egypt	en_US
dc.title	Hieroglyphics and the Acceptance of Human History	en_US
dc.type	Working Paper	en_US

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