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THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING: HIEROGLYPHICS AND MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT. Carved Hieroglyphics. http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/2102-1013. Carved Hieroglyphics. http://pro.corbis.com/images/EG002111.jpg?size=67&uid=%7BAE741224-69F7-43E8-BD2D-82227CFFADEB%7D.
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THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING: HIEROGLYPHICS AND MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Carved Hieroglyphics http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/2102-1013
Carved Hieroglyphics http://pro.corbis.com/images/EG002111.jpg?size=67&uid=%7BAE741224-69F7-43E8-BD2D-82227CFFADEB%7D
Hieroglyphics in Clay http://www.highland-terrace.org/wiki/images/thumb/f/fb/Egyptian_funerary_stela.jpg/250px-Egyptian_funerary_stela.jpg
Papyrus http://www.makingbooks.com/images/kids/papyrus.jpg
Papyrus Reed Source of http://egyptian-paper.com/index.php?main_page=about_us
Phragmites affects Hieroglyphics Writing became simpler with reed pens from Phragmites and paper from Papyrus 6 Started as engravings on slates of stone or clay tablets2 Hieroglyphics were no longer limited to stone tablets or walls6 Transformed from pictures to symbols becoming less detailed and faster to write49
Examples of Hieroglyphics http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1333957741068865191xaqtCH
Egyptian Hieroglyphics http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abu_Simbel,_Ramesses_Temple,_chamber_decoration,_Egypt,_Oct_2004.jpg
Egyptian Hieroglyphics http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/2965/PreviewComp/SuperStock_2965-388043.jpg
Rosetta stone http://servirtis.obspm.fr/virtis/rosetta_stone.html http://library.thinkquest.org/10005/library/egypt_lang.html
Rosetta stone Demotic Greek Hieroglyphics
Cartouche • Ramses I • Twtnkhamn http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/TwtnkhamnCartouche.jpg http://picasaweb.google.com/rajiv.v/EgyptDec2007#5152394756236923890
Hieratic Glyphs and the Hieroglyphs they Evolved from http://www.takenote.it/index.php?page=lesson-22
Three Egyptian Scripts http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/images/writ05e.gif
Three Egyptian Scripts http://www.stempublishing.com/dictionary/240.png
Uses of Hieroglyphics http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanviewganga/299964719
Uses of Hieratic / Demotic Scripts • Allowed Pharaohs to communicate over distance and time9 • Enabled the Pharaoh to rule the Empire regarding9 • Wars • Laws • Trade • Conquests • Territories • Government • Taxes29
Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/collections/nc/Declaration_Engrav.jpg
Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/collections/nc/Declaration_Engrav.jpg
Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/health/resources/salerno.html
References • http://www.rom.on.ca/schools/egypt/learn/writing.php • http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/lifeinEgypt6.htm • http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/discwriting.htm • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/decipherment_01.shtml • http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/papyrus.htm • http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761573079/Hieroglyphs.html • http://site.www.umb.edu/conne/leslie/historypage.htm • http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P3-1378824771.html • http://ca.encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_461511156_3/Ancient_Egypt.html Pictures: http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/education/schoolhouse.html