HOW DID THE EGYPTIANS WRITE?

HOW DID THE EGYPTIAN WRITING PROCESS BEGIN?

Developed own writing system First used picture symbols to represent

objects or sounds EX: A picture of a house to represent house

WHAT ARE HIEROGLYPHICS

Later created hieroglyphics- a writing system made up of a combination of pictures and sound symbols

Few Egyptians could read or write

Some went to schools to learn (like the Mesopotamians)

WHAT DID SCRIBES WRITE ON?

Wrote or painted on papyrus

Carved hieroglyphics onto stone walls and monuments

WHAT IS THE ROSETTA STONE?

The Rosetta Stone is a stone with writing on it in two languages (Egyptian and Greek), using three scripts (hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek).

When was the Rosetta Stone made?

The Rosetta Stone was carved in 196 B.C..

The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799.

The Rosetta Stone was found by French soldiers who were rebuilding a fort in Egypt.

EGYPTOLOGY

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