Decoding the Secrets of Egyptian Hieroglyphs

How a Language Becomes Lost

Educational Jun 1, 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

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S1 E3: How is it possible for a language used by the world's greatest civilization to become lost? The answer, you'll learn, involves charting the rise and fall of ancient Egypt's spectacular kingdoms, as well as investigating the ways Christianity replaced hieroglyphs with Greek letters.

Educational Jun 1, 2020 31 min The Great Courses Signature Collection

TV-PG

Information

Released: 2020
Run Time: 31 min
Rated: TV-PG

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (AAC), English (United States)
Subtitles: English (CC)

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.