Outlet The Met Store Fun with Hieroglyphs, New Edition

By Catharine Roehrig

Everything young Egyptologists need to write their own hieroglyphs is in this new edition of a Metropolitan Museum classic. A full-color paperback book reveals the history and mystery surrounding the written language of the ancient Egyptians, and also contains fun puzzles and activities. An easy-to-use chart matches letters from the English alphabet with their corresponding hieroglyphs and sounds. The kit’s 24 hieroglyphic stamps and ink pad are ready for sending secret messages, creating designs, or making cards.