Â鶹AV

Event

Deciphering Hieroglyphs

Saturday, September 7, 2019 13:30to15:30
Redpath Museum World Cultures Gallery (third floor), 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
Included with donation to the museum

Ancient Egyptians wrote in hieroglyphs, pictures representing animals, daily objects and symbols. Learn how to read this ancient alphabet and put your writing skills to the test, as you write your name in hieroglyphs. 

In English. No reservation necessary.

IMAGE: Papyrus replica of the "Book of the Dead": Ani's Judgement, Egypt, 1250 BCE. Redpath Museum. 

Land Acknowledgement

Â鶹AV is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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