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The word Hieroglyphs derives from the Greek words ἱερός (hierós 'sacred') and γλύφειν (glúphein 'to carve' or 'to write', see glyph), and was first used to describe Egyptian hieroglyphs.
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What is the Greek translation for hieroglyphics?
hieroglyphics is Greek: ιερογλυφικά ΙΕΡΟΓΛΥΦΙΚΑ (hieroghlifika)
What does greek word hieroglyphics mean?
hiero (holy) glyphis (carvings)
What does hieroglyphics man?
hieroglyphics means sacred writing in English and hierglyphikos in greek.
What does Rosetta Stone mean?
A Rosetta Stone is a part of an inscribed granite stela that was originally about six feet tall and was set up in 196 BC; the inscriptions in hieroglyphics and Demotic and Greek gave the first clues to the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphics
How many languages were found on the Rosetta stone?
Three. Egyptian Hieroglyphics, Egyptian Demotic Script and Koine Greek.
How was the Rossetta stone decoded?
As stone was written in old Hieroglyphics and new hieroglyphics no one knew what it said. Until they saw at the bottom of it, it was written in Greek as well, so then a French codebreaker who knew Greek cracked the meanings in hieroglyphics. And read the stone and found out what it meant.
How did hierogkyphics get translated?
Hieroglyphics were translated through the discovery of the Rosetta Stone in 1799, which had the same text in three scripts: Ancient Greek, Demotic, and Hieroglyphics. Jean-Francois Champollion successfully deciphered hieroglyphics by comparing Greek names and symbols to unlock the ancient Egyptian language.
What were the three languges on the Rosetta stone?
ancient Greek, hieroglyphics, and demotic (Egyptian)
The word hieroglyphics comes from what two Greek words?
Hiero - holyGlyphics - Writing
Why did Rosetta stone discovery help modern day scholars decipher Egyptian hieroglyphics?
It provided the first chance to understand Egyptian Hieroglyphics writing by providing the same text in Hieroglyphics, Demotic, and Greek. Both the Greek and Demotic could be read to find out what was being said on the stone, the Hieroglyphics could then be compared and analyzed for patterns (similar to the way codes and cyphers are broken).
Why did the discovery of thr rossetta stone help historians study hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone had three different languages one of which was Greek, and another was hieroglyphs. Historians already knew Greek so they used it to sort of decode the hieroglyphics.
How do you spell thank you in greek hieroglyphics?
The Greeks never used hieroglyphics. Before they used an alphabet their languages (Linear A and B) were syllabic languages (syllables intead of letters).
