One disadvantage was that a writer had to learn at least 700 symbols in order to write.
Hieroglyphics were made to show a sound.https://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/egyptian-hieroglyphic-alphabet/
Hieroglyphics are words or letters in the Ancient Egyptian writing language.
Eugene Crux-Uribe has written: 'Hibis temple project' -- subject(s): Antiquities, Egyptian language, Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic Writing, Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic, Temple of Hibis (Kharga, Egypt), Temples, Writing, Hieroglyphic
Dimitri Meeks has written: 'Le grand texte des Donations au temple d'Edfou' 'Les architraves du temple d' Esna' -- subject(s): Egyptian Inscriptions, Egyptian language, Hieroglyphic Writing, Inscriptions, Egyptian, Writing, Hieroglyphic
No, they do not use hieroglyphic writing any more
"Hieroglyphic" is properly an adjective, the correct term for the major Ancient Egyptian writing system being "hieroglyphs" or "hieroglyphic writing". However, the term "hieroglyphics" is by now too well entrenched to eliminate.
A scribe is an Egyptian hieroglyphic writer.
The most famous of all ancient Egyptian scripts is hieroglyphic. The Mayans also used the Mayan hieroglyphic.
Yes, most people don't realize that part of Egyptian writing is phonetic. Twenty-four uniliteral signs make up the so-called hieroglyphic alphabet. Egyptian hieroglyphic writing does not indicate vowels, just like Arabic and Hebrew. There are also 2 other Egyptian Hieroglyphic alphabets: a bilateral one (each letter represents 2 sounds), and a trilateral one (each letter represents 3 sounds).
the Egypytian writting is called Hieroglyphic
Alain-Pierre Zivie has written: 'Hermopolis et le nome de l'Ibis' -- subject(s): Egyptian language, Hieroglyphic Inscriptions, Hieroglyphic Writing, Ibises, Thoth (Egyptian deity)
Ancient Egyptian had far more than just two writing systems: Hieratic, Hieroglyphic, Demotic and then Coptic.