La Voix des hiéroglyphes

Written in French

Reading and hearing everything that is said and written about ancient Egypt, one might imagine the Nile Valley as a land reserved for gods and pharaohs, temples and cemeteries. And yet... what if we listened to the voices of the Egyptians themselves rather than speaking on their behalf?

This book, the first of its kind ever published, invites you to meet them directly as you stroll through the Egyptian galleries of the Louvre. You will read, alongside the original text on the object, translations of more than a hundred diverse texts, ranging from a schoolboy's slate to a pharaoh's sarcophagus. Could such a talkative and cheerful people have thought only of death?

One might doubt it... One hundred and eleven documents are translated and annotated in this book, which also includes a comprehensive French glossary-index and an index of Egyptian words.