Post 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 and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Egyptian hieroglyphics
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
Logographic- visual symbols representing ideas or objects generally stylized and simplified but perfectly recognizable.
Alphabetic- language evolved into demotic.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hiero- sacred and Glyphic- engraving or writing
What is a scribe?
Schools where students learned to read and write.
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Military leaders, so they could communicate while in battle.
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Substrate made from reeds native to Egypt. Made by placing wet reeds criss-cross over each other and flattened then dried. Then rubbed with flat stones until the surface becomes smooth.
What is a substrate?
A substance or layer that underlies something, or on which some process occurs, in particular.
What were the Books of the Dead?
Books commissioned by the users themselves before death.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
By the times the Greeks and Romans ruled Egypt few Egyptians were capable of reading or writing them. Over time those who could read and write them disappeared until no one knew how to decipher the ancient language.
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
A stone found that had inscriptions written on it in 3 different languages.
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 3 texts were complete.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion. He could match up the hieroglyphic symbols with the Greek version of the name Egyptian Pharoah Ramses. Found that inscription referred to King Ptolemy V epiphanies at the time of his coronation around 196 BC.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
We now know a great deal about the ancient Egyptians and their hieroglyphics.
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