I began to realise there was a real demand for hieroglyphs in the office when a colleague of mine asked me to write some on his whiteboard. I’d been writing them on birthday cards and leaving cards in the office for years. I thought people were intrigued for a few seconds then forgot all about them. But this colleague wouldn’t let anyone erase my hieroglyphs from his whiteboard. Work was write-on wipe off, but not these. They stayed there for a couple of years. The office moved from London to Leeds, and I had to go round to his new whiteboard and write him some more.
Inspired by this, I have expanded Egyptology in the office to include lectures, Egypt-themed walks and museum visits. Egyptology is now part of my workplace identity. Who else would have given another colleague the hieroglyphic version of Peter Rabbit as a maternity leave present? (I did give her the English version as well.)
I have a lot of fun with my office hieroglyphs, and my colleagues seem to enjoy it too. This stuff is too good not to share. I am going to use this blog to teach you how to write hieroglyphs for the office, and we are going to start with this:
The offering formula
