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HieroNote is an ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Tutorial. Learn over 150 hieroglyphic words, 120 determinatives, 425 individual hieroglyphs. You can TYPE in hieroglyphs too! Alphabet Tutorial; Determinatives Tutorial; Hieroglyphic Word Processor; Quiz

Publisher:	smiley & decarlo
Version:	3.0
License:	Demo
File Size:	2901 K
Price:	$19.95
License:	Demo
Release date:	2/17/2001 12:
OS:	Win95, Win98, WinME, WinNT 3.x, WinNT 4.x, WinXP, Windows2000
Clicks:	405

Learn & type in ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs!

HieroNote V 3.0 is an ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Tutorial. Learn over 150 hieroglyphic words, over 120 determinatives, over 425 individual hieroglyphs. Also type and print the phonetic hieroglyphic signs right from your keyboard.
Includes:
The Hieroglyphic Alphabet Tutorial;
The Hieroglyphic Determinatives Tutorial;
Hieroglyphic Word Processor, create, print and save your hieroglyphic creations;
Decipher hieroglyphs on artifacts from Tutankhamun's tomb, Canopic Coffin, Papyrus Burnisher and the Royal Scepter
The Quiz - test your hieroglyphic skills.
Once you've mastered the hieroglyphs in HieroNote V3.0, you will be able to understand and decipher many of the carvings on monuments, obelisks, papyrii, etc.
If you really want to learn the sacred carvings of the ancient Egyptians, this beautifully rendered program is the one to get.

The help file includes all of the catagories created by Sir Alan Gardiner. These groupings or categories make it easier to decipher the hieroglyphs while seeing them in the field, on monuments, stele, papyrus, paintings, etc.

A Transliteration chart is also included. This chart indicates the characters used by scholars to write or type the sounds represented by the hieroglyphs.