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No, in fact only a few were able to write: scribes, priests, and royalty.

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How did egyptians learn hieroglyphics?

Not all Egyptians could read. Reading was only taught to royalty, priests, and scribes. It was taught in schools and in private lessons.


Did hatshepsut learn to write in hieroglyphics?

All in the royal family had to. She was a prince and then a Queen.


What did the egyptians draw about in their hieroglyphics?

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How are the symbols in hieroglyphics different than the symbols used in our writing system?

Although hieroglyphics were used as a form of writing, they were different from the alphabet because they were pictographs (picture images that represented different thoughts and concepts), rather that characters that are combined to communicate representative ideas.


How did the Egyptians used hieroglyphs to communicate?

Mainly, Ancient Egyptians communicated through writing; hieroglyphics and heratic. Since most people couldn’t learn the 2 languages; after all, hieroglyphs did have over 700 characters, so select people, called scribes, were taught the languages of Ancient Egypt to write them down for other people.


Did all ancient Egyptians know how to read and write?

no


Why do the ancient Egyptian write in hieroglyphics?

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Did the Egyptians have stores?

Today the Hatshepsut sent me to were the scribes work. All he asked me to do was get a document. The scribes write in hieroglyphics. They write books and documents and some other things. Scribes were hired as professional writers and recorders of information. Few people can write or know how to read, so scribes are specially trained to write letters and keep accounts. I have no idea what the document was, but I had no time to find out.


Could all the Egyptians read hieroglyphs?

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Is there really a hieroglyphic of Hebrew babies being thrown into the Nile river?

No there is not. There is only one vague reference to Israel in the Hieroglyphics, and it does not mention any details at all. It was not uncommon for ancient Egyptians to avoid mentioning their political failures in writing.


Was hieroglyphics the first form of writing?

Yes. Recent studies show that they did. Old ideas suggested that the Egyptians may have gotten ideas from the Sumerians, but Egyptian texts have been found that were older than the first Sumerian texts.


When was the hieroglyphics found?

New hieroglyphics are found all the time as more excavations are made.