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Hieroglyphic Word Cards

72 Words in Egyptian Hieroglyphics to guess

Requirements

30-60
3-12
12+

Description

The Hieroglyphic writing system of the Egyptians was meant to be obscure. Only Egyptian priests were supposed to be able to read it. But there are words that have enough clues to its meaning that it's possible for anyone to read them!

This is a deck of 72 cards with Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics on one side, and on the other side is the meaning of the word and the possible pronunciation (the exact pronunciation is unknown because they didn't write the vowels.)
One person holds up a card and pronounces it while everybody else tries to figure out the meaning of the word from clues in the glyph. The winner is the one who first correctly identifies the most words.

These are some reference books on Egyptian language that were used in preparing these cards:
An Egyptian Hieroglyphic Dictionary vol. 1 and 2, by Sir E.A.Wallis Budge
Egyptian Language by Sir E.A.Wallis Budge
Fascinating Hieroglyphics by Christian Jacq

Download the Instructions below.

Components

Component Quantity Photo
Poker Tuck Box (72 cards) 1 Poker Tuck Box (72 cards) component icon
Poker Deck 1 deck of 72 cards Poker Deck component icon

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Publish Date January 05, 2013
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Department Games
More Info Hieroglyphic Word Cards web site

Why buy this?

  • Actual words in Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics
  • Who will be first to figure out the meaning of each word?
  • Colorful glyphs with possible pronunciation and meaning

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