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Turning hieroglyphics into a modern English novel

For the very first time, a set of ancient Egyptian texts on rock faces and papyrus have been translated and compiled into book form for the general reader. Cambridge university Egyptologist Dr Toby Wilkinson talks to Dan Damon about the task of translating hieroglyphic writings into modern English.

(Photo: Hieroglyphs adorn the walls of the Temple of Philae, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Aswan, Egypt. Credit: Andrew McConnell)

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4 minutes