Hieroglyphs: A Very Short Introduction
- ISBN-10
- 0192805029
- ISBN-13
- 9780192805027
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 130
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004-08-12
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Author
- Penelope Wilson
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"First published as an Oxford University Press Hardback 2003"--T.p. verso.
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