Hieroglyphics of Ancient Egypt By Yu Bin to

Hieroglyphics of Ancient Egypt By: Yu Bin

to d e t ela r s e p a h s lly Usua an myths ti Egyp What is it? Hieroglyphics w ere the first writ ings that the Egy invented. They w ptians ere pictures or s igns that repres Egyptian letters ented. The Egyptian w ords for hierogly were 'Words of phics the gods'.

Why were they created? e h t l , ’ e b w le. a r e j a t c tian e S ‘ e is gyp f a b s i Th ed E pe o r a c h a s s s i t tha They were created, because the ancient Egyptians believed that writing had special powers. They thought they were sacred.

What we re they written on ? a n o n e t t i r ew r e d e w l l y a e c h r T e p e a h p t l e a i d i s n i sp e c r ’o s u r y ‘ P ap d s. i m a r py Hieroglyphics can be written from left to right, right to left, or in columns. Pharaohs' names were written inside an oval shape.

? t n a t r o p m i e n o t s a t t e s o R Why is They are important, because after people found 3 Rosetta stones of different hieroglyphics, people could learn how to read hieroglyphics by trying to find out and learning relationships between 3 Rosetta stones.

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