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tells how Protosinaic pictograms -- derived from Egyptian heiroglyphics and discovered in the Sinai only at the beginning of the twentieth century -- changed through the millennia and left their traces on our alphabet.
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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: French
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This volume surely presented a typesetting challenge, and it has been produced with exceptional care, admirable accuracy, and obvious attention to calligraphy and textual detail. Strongly recommended. -- Choice, 12/99
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- PublisherAbbeville Pr
- Publication date1999
- ISBN 10 0789205238
- ISBN 13 9780789205230
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages381
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