Persian, greeks, romans
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved Paintings
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Cuneiform; Sumerian concept
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
logo- visual symbols, Alpha- document writing
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Heiro- sacred Glyphic- writing
What is a scribe?
Writing or pictures
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Students, military leaders, Gods, Godesses, Preists
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Made from reeds and were criss crossed on eachother then rubbed by stone until smooth
What is a substrate?
What were the Books of the Dead?
Instructions and spells put together to help them into their way on the after life
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
BEcause hey were used by persians until the egypts could read and write so they didnt need them anymore
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
in rosetta and it is a stone hat has writing al over it
What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian hieroglyphics, demotic and greek
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
Because a chunk of the stone was missing and none of the three texts were complete
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion, when he could match up the hieroglyphics symbols with the greek version of the name pharaoh ramses
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
Because now we know so much about ancient egyptians and egyptian heiroglyphics
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