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THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING: HIEROGLYPHICS AND MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

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

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  1. THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING: HIEROGLYPHICS AND MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

  2. Carved Hieroglyphics http://www.superstock.com/stock-photos-images/2102-1013

  3. Carved Hieroglyphics http://pro.corbis.com/images/EG002111.jpg?size=67&uid=%7BAE741224-69F7-43E8-BD2D-82227CFFADEB%7D

  4. Hieroglyphics in Clay http://www.highland-terrace.org/wiki/images/thumb/f/fb/Egyptian_funerary_stela.jpg/250px-Egyptian_funerary_stela.jpg

  5. Reed Pen

  6. Papyrus http://www.makingbooks.com/images/kids/papyrus.jpg

  7. Papyrus Reed Source of http://egyptian-paper.com/index.php?main_page=about_us

  8. 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

  9. Examples of Hieroglyphics http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1333957741068865191xaqtCH

  10. Egyptian Hieroglyphics http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abu_Simbel,_Ramesses_Temple,_chamber_decoration,_Egypt,_Oct_2004.jpg

  11. Egyptian Hieroglyphics http://wwwdelivery.superstock.com/WI/223/2965/PreviewComp/SuperStock_2965-388043.jpg

  12. Rosetta stone http://servirtis.obspm.fr/virtis/rosetta_stone.html http://library.thinkquest.org/10005/library/egypt_lang.html

  13. Rosetta stone Demotic Greek Hieroglyphics

  14. Cartouche • Ramses I • Twtnkhamn http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/TwtnkhamnCartouche.jpg http://picasaweb.google.com/rajiv.v/EgyptDec2007#5152394756236923890

  15. Hieratic Glyphs and the Hieroglyphs they Evolved from http://www.takenote.it/index.php?page=lesson-22

  16. Three Egyptian Scripts http://www.civilization.ca/cmc/exhibitions/civil/egypt/images/writ05e.gif

  17. Three Egyptian Scripts http://www.stempublishing.com/dictionary/240.png

  18. Uses of Hieroglyphics http://www.flickr.com/photos/oceanviewganga/299964719

  19. 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

  20. Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/collections/nc/Declaration_Engrav.jpg

  21. Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.learnnc.org/lp/media/collections/nc/Declaration_Engrav.jpg

  22. Changes in Modern Scripts http://www.umanitoba.ca/libraries/units/health/resources/salerno.html

  23. 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

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