THE BEGINNINGS OF WRITING: HIEROGLYPHICS AND MORE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

Carved Hieroglyphics

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Carved Hieroglyphics

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Hieroglyphics in Clay

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Papyrus

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

Papyrus Reed

Source of

http://egyptian-paper.com/index.php?main_page=about_us

Writing became

simpler with reed pens

from Phragmites

and paper from Papyrus 6

Writing became

simpler with reed pens

from Phragmites

and paper from Papyrus 6

Started as engravings on slates of

stone or clay tablets2

Started as engravings on slates of

stone or clay tablets2

Transformed from pictures to symbols

becoming less detailed and

faster to write49

Transformed from pictures to symbols

becoming less detailed and

faster to write49

Hieroglyphics were no

longer limited to stone

tablets or walls6

Hieroglyphics were no

longer limited to stone

tablets or walls6

Examples of Hieroglyphics

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/1333957741068865191xaqtCH

Egyptian Hieroglyphics

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Egyptian Hieroglyphics

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Rosetta stone

http://servirtis.obspm.fr/virtis/rosetta_stone.htmlhttp://library.thinkquest.org/10005/library/egypt_lang.html

Rosetta stone

Demotic Greek Hieroglyphics

Cartouche

Twtnkhamn

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/TwtnkhamnCartouche.jpg

Ramses I

http://picasaweb.google.com/rajiv.v/EgyptDec2007#5152394756236923890

Hieratic Glyphs and the Hieroglyphs they Evolved from

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Three Egyptian Scripts

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Three Egyptian Scripts

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Uses of Hieroglyphics

•Allowed Pharaohs to communicate over distance and time9

•Enabled the Pharaoh to rule the Empire

regarding9

•Wars•Laws•Trade

•Conquests•Territories

•Government•Taxes29

Uses of Hieratic / Demotic Scripts

Changes in Modern Scripts

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Changes in Modern Scripts

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Changes in Modern Scripts

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Pictures: http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/exhibits/education/schoolhouse.html