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Hieroglyphs did not need to be "discovered" since they have existed in plain sight ever since they were carved on the walls of temples, monuments, stelae, mortuary chapels and tombs all over Egypt.
The problem as that nobody could read the inscriptions that were so obviously used everywhere across the entire country. Without knowing the language used in those inscriptions, decipherment of the script was impossible; only when the Rosetta Stone was discovered in 1799 was it possible to compare the Greek version of the text with the two Egyptian versions. This was an amazing and unusual gift to translators - without the Greek text to compare it with, the Egyptian language and writing system might still be untranslated today.
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Why did the Chinese use hieroglyphics?
No, but they used something similar to it though.
What are hieroglyphics and why were they first used?
hieroglyphics are ancient Egypt writings in picture form. each picture denotes a word or idea rather than just expressing the sound...
How were hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphs was the writing used only on religious or official documents. They were used for tombs, temples, books of the dead, etc. They were only used on official and religious documents because they take a long time to write. The Egyptians would use hieratic, demotic, or cursive hieroglyphs for everyday writing.
Are hieroglyphics Egyptian or Sumerian?
Both Egypt and Sumeria used hieroglyphics
What were hieroglyphs first used for?
AnswerBy the ancient Egyptians as a writing system and it was never used for anything before that
What was the difference between origanal hieroglyphics and hieractiv hieroglyphics?
If you mean hieratic, then hieratic glyphs were mostly used in documents, poems, and stories, where as regular hieroglyphics, called demotic, was used more for everyday writing. Hope that helped!
How do you know hieroglyphics exist?
Because there are thousands of examples: buildings, tombs, monuments and documents written hieroglyphics.
When were hieroglyphics first used by ancient Egyptians?
3000bc
What are the two colors hieroglyphics is written?
When written on documents, red and black ink were used - but when hieroglyphs were written on the walls of the best quality tombs, a very wide range of colours were used.
Why did the Chinese use hieroglyphics?
No, but they used something similar to it though.
What are hieroglyphics and why were they first used?
hieroglyphics are ancient Egypt writings in picture form. each picture denotes a word or idea rather than just expressing the sound...
How were hieroglyphics used in ancient Egypt?
Hieroglyphs was the writing used only on religious or official documents. They were used for tombs, temples, books of the dead, etc. They were only used on official and religious documents because they take a long time to write. The Egyptians would use hieratic, demotic, or cursive hieroglyphs for everyday writing.
Are hieroglyphics Egyptian or Sumerian?
Both Egypt and Sumeria used hieroglyphics
What is the name of people who used to write hieroglyphics?
Scribes wrote hieroglyphics. Priests and royalty were also taught hieroglyphics.
What were hieroglyphs first used for?
AnswerBy the ancient Egyptians as a writing system and it was never used for anything before that
The names of the picture writing used by ancient Egyptians?
hieroglyphics
What is a in hieroglyphics?
There are no vowels in Egyptian hieroglyphics. The falcon is often mistakenly used as an A, but this is incorrect.
