#3 Hieroglyphics

In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
-Persians, greeks, romansPost an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.


What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
-carved and painted images on every wall ad surface
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
-combination of logographics and alphabetic elements
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
-logograms are visual symbols representing ideas or objects,
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
-hiero means sacred and glyphic means engraving or writing
What is a scribe?
-reading and writing
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
-military leaders so they could communicate while in battlePost an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.

What is papyrus and how was it made?
-substrate made from reeds native to egypt, wet reeds are placed criss cross over each other flattened and dried then rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth
What is a substrate?

What were the Books of the Dead?
commissioned by users themselves before death
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
used under persian rule,over time those who could read and write hieroglypics disappeared until no one knew how to decipher the languagePost an example of the Rosetta Stone.

What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?


What three languages are included on the stone?
egyptian hieroglyohics, demotic and greek
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
a chunk of the stone was missing and none of the texts were complete
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
britains found it out and have it in museums
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
referred to king ptolemy v elephants at the time of his coronation around 196 bc