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Ancient Egyptian LifeScript and Hieroglyphics

Hieroglyphics Hieratic

Demotic writing is similar to Hieratic writing. It is the last known ancient Egyptian writing. Demotic is seen in the latest periods of Egyptiantimes, before the invasion of the Romans.By this time, most Egyptian citizens could readread and write. Small stones are found all throughoutEgypt with this type of writing on it. Some are lists, other are simple personal notes.

Hieratic is a writing that came after hieroglyphics. It is seen by most experts to be a common version that the people of ancient time used for their own writing. It is often seen on papyrus with ink and reed pen, rather than carved in stone. The writing was used by scribes whoneeded a shorthand version of hieroglyphics.

Hieroglyphics were started in Egypt. They were images carved in to temples and many buildings in ancient times. The images represented sounds that twhen combined make a word. Sometimes the images represents what the images is, like water , reeds ,or the sun .

Greek and Roman writing is partially based on ancient Egyptian writing, and thus, our own modern writing is based on it.

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Ancient Egyptian LifeScript and Hieroglyphics 2

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Draw and write your name inside this CARTOUCHE.Ancient pharaohs would carve their names into all the buildingsthey made and statues of themselves.

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