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Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics . By: Madison . History . Egyptian language has the longest history, of all the languages of the world. Meaning . We can call hieroglyphs as the 'sacred picture writing', as the word is combination of two Egyptian words hieros meaning 'holy' and glyphe meaning 'carving'.

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Hieroglyphics

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  1. Hieroglyphics By: Madison

  2. History Egyptian language has the longest history, of all the languages of the world

  3. Meaning • We can call hieroglyphs as the 'sacred picture writing', as the word is combination of two Egyptian words hieros meaning 'holy' and glyphe meaning 'carving'

  4. papyri Egyptians wrote cursive Hieroglyphs on papyri or wood

  5. Hieroglyphics The ancient Egyptian language

  6. What is Hieroglyphics • Hieroglyphics is writing that uses pictures and symbols to stand for letters • Hieroglyphs" refer to the characters made by graphical figures, be it animals, objects, or concepts that concern the religions' gods

  7. The history of hieroglyphics in ancient Egypt is believed to date back as far as 3000 B.C. Scholars offer varying opinions regarding the identity of Egyptian hieroglyphics inventors. While not much is known about the inventors and the early history of hieroglyphics, the study of this ancient system of writing remains applicable even in today's modern society.

  8. Hieroglyphs • •This system of writing involved absolutely no vowels, consisting only of consonants.

  9. Many symbols •With over 700 ancient Egyptian symbols representing actual words and thousands of others used for individual sounds, some quite intricate, it took quite a long time to learn to write in hieroglyphics.

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