Learn about multiliteral signs (hieroglyphs that represent more than one consonant) and practise using sign lists.

Understand how determinatives are used in hieroglyphic writing, meet some common determinatives, and learn how to use standard sign lists.

Hieroglyphs can be written right to left or left to right, in rows or columns. Learn how to determine direction of writing and how to decide the order in which to transliterate.

Learn the remaining one-letter hieroglyphs and the alphabetical order used in hieroglyphic dictionaries.

Learn your first hieroglyphic signs and understand the purpose and importance of transliteration.

Transliteration is key to translating ancient Egyptian. This post explains its advantages and how it works, and answers common questions.

Trace the evolution of Egyptian from hieroglyphs to Coptic. Learning Coptic is a journey into history, linguistics and faith.