In the sixth century BC, what three civilizations invaded Egypt?
Persians,Greek,and Romans
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved and painted images on every wall and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
After the Cuneiform by the concept of expressing words into writing.
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?logograms are visual symbols representing ideas or objects.Alphabetic or phoenic came later as the language evolved into demotic.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Sacred Writing
What is a scribe?
A communication skill where students went to scribe school to read and write,while military leaders were trained as scribes so they could communicate while in battle.
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?Military Leaders so that they could communicated while in battle.
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
A substrate made from Reeds native to Egypt.What is a substrate?
A writing for scrolls for pharaoh and other important Egyptian on papyrus.Instructions and spells to help them find their way to the afterlife
What were the Books of the Dead?Were usually commissioned by the users themselves before the death.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
Had the same inscription on it,written in 3 different languages.
What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian Hieroglyphics demotic and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
Because one chunk of the text was missing and none of the three texts were complete.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Napoleon,but the British defeated Napoleon and his army,and took back many Egyptian discoveries back to England including the Rosetta stone.Jean Champollion he was able to match up the hieroglyphics symbols with the Greek Version of the name Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
Cause we now know a great deal about the Ancient Egyptians and their hieroglyphics.
Persians,Greek,and Romans
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Carved and painted images on every wall and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
After the Cuneiform by the concept of expressing words into writing.
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?logograms are visual symbols representing ideas or objects.Alphabetic or phoenic came later as the language evolved into demotic.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Sacred Writing
What is a scribe?
A communication skill where students went to scribe school to read and write,while military leaders were trained as scribes so they could communicate while in battle.
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?Military Leaders so that they could communicated while in battle.
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
A substrate made from Reeds native to Egypt.What is a substrate?
A writing for scrolls for pharaoh and other important Egyptian on papyrus.Instructions and spells to help them find their way to the afterlife
What were the Books of the Dead?Were usually commissioned by the users themselves before the death.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
Had the same inscription on it,written in 3 different languages.
What three languages are included on the stone?
Egyptian Hieroglyphics demotic and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
Because one chunk of the text was missing and none of the three texts were complete.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Napoleon,but the British defeated Napoleon and his army,and took back many Egyptian discoveries back to England including the Rosetta stone.Jean Champollion he was able to match up the hieroglyphics symbols with the Greek Version of the name Egyptian Pharaoh Ramses.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
Cause we now know a great deal about the Ancient Egyptians and their hieroglyphics.
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