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 This section links to sites which offer texts with transliterations and translations for those who wish to use their knowledge to go that bit further. There are also simple king-lists with translations of cartouches.
Ancient Egyptian Language (AEL)
http://www.rostau.org.uk/AEgyptian-L/
Described above in greater detail, this site has plenty of texts accompanied by transliterations and translations.
Ancient Egyptian Texts
http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~mjn/egyptian/texts
http://www.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~mjn/egyptian/texts/textpdf/
Mark-Jan Nederhof’s site dedicated to ancient Egyptian texts, transliterations and translations. There are a staggering number of ancient Egyptian texts - everything from scarabs to complete tales and lengthy papyri. The top page offers the visitors a Java interface - the second allows visitors to open each file as a PDF Try it out to see which works best for you.
Rosette Project
http://vincent.euverte.free.fr/Rosette/index.php?Lang=E&Style=_dark&Page=0
A site designed to use computing technology to assist with the reading and translation of hieroglyphs. The reads as follows: “What are we looking for with this project ? First to make this scripture readable to everyone in a pleasant manner ; but also to build a collection of all texts that we can find free of rights. Rosette started with a dream, and obviously evolved with time, but the original concepts are still in force: an assistance to the reader from the hieroglyph recognition in the original document, to the final interpretation of the text. We will never pretend that a computer may ever replace a human brain, but it can help him in many mechanistic and cumbersome tasks”. See the site for more information about its aims, and to play with some of the gadgets (also available in French). It may take a while to get a hang of the site, but it is certainly worth giving it a go. Three texts are currently available on the site, too.
Pyramid Texts Online
http://www.pyramidtextsonline.com/index.html
Excellent website which makes good use of the interactive potential of the Web. This site guides you through the pyramid of Unas, and provides a number of references and tools for investigating the Old Kingdom Pyramid Texts. An interactive diagram lets visitors home on good quality black and white photographs of the hieroglyphs and read translations of the spells.
Peter Rabbit in Hieroglyphs - English Text online
http://tinyurl.com/dgy2h
For those of you attempting to read “The Tale of Peter Rabbit - The Hieroglyph Edition” it may be of use to you to know that the full English text, without pictures, is available online at the above address.
Text of the Rosetta Stone
http://pw1.netcom.com/~qkstart/rosetta.html
Copyrighted to the British Museum 1981, this site is a translation into English of the Greek text on the Rosetta Stone (there is no image of the stone, no display of the original texts and no transliterations - just the English translation). If you are interested in making a start on the Egyptian section of the Stone, this might be a useful starting point.
Tale of Sinhue Study Guide
http://www.twonotes.us/hg/Sinuhe.pdf
The Tale of Sinhue, line by line, accompanied by comprehensive study notes. 56 pages in PDF format.
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