Il segno immortale

The splendid history of hieroglyphs.
Over 200 hieroglyphs, each with its own story, a journey between history and magic to discover the traditions and writing of one of the best-loved peoples of the Ancient World.

This is the story of Ancient Egypt from a privileged and original point of view: its writing. Hieroglyphs are miniature drawings that represent the world as it was then, from geography to great institutions, and above all its daily life, always viewed subjectively. The same way as our emojis, these signs conveyed a state of mind, such as distress, joy and love. Just think of the symbol representing the sparrow, destroyer of crops, which, if used at the end of a sentence, expresses all that is bad, small and nasty.
Hieroglyphic writing is at once profound and fun: it allows us to go back in time and look at the world through the eyes of the Ancients and penetrate that lost world.