What is the picture writing ancient Egyptians?

Answer 1

Hieroglyph alphabet translator write your name like an Egyptian

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In AD 391 the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I closed all pagan temples throughout the empire. This action terminated a four thousand year old tradition and the message of the ancient Egyptian language was lost for 1500 years. It was not until the discovery of the Rosetta stone and the work of Jean-Francois Champollion (1790-1832) that the Ancient Egyptians awoke from their long slumber. Today, by virtue of the vast quantity of their literature, we know more about Egyptian society than most other ancient cultures.

The script was developed about four thousand years before Christ and there was also a decimal system of numeration up to a million.

Unlike other cultures the early picture forms were never discarded or simplified probably because they are so very lovely to look at.

Hieroglyphs were called, by the Egyptians, "the words of God" and were used mainly by the priests. These painstakingly drawn symbols were great for decorating the walls of temples but for conducting day to day business there was another script, known as hieratic This was a handwriting in which the picture signs were abbreviated to the point of abstraction

Hieroglyphs are written in rows or columns and can be read from left to right or from right to left. You can distinguish the direction in which the text is to be read because the human or animal figures always face towards the beginning of the line. Also the upper symbols are read before the lower.

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Hieroglyphic signs are divided into four categories:

1. Alphabetic signs represent a single sound. Unfortunately the Egyptians took most vowels for granted and did not represent such as 'e' or 'v'. So we may never know how the words were formed.

2. Syllabic signs represent a combination of two or three consonants.

3. Word-signs are pictures of objects used as the words for those objects. they are followed by an upright stroke, to indicate that the word is complete in one sign.

4. A determinative is a picture of an object which helps the reader. For example; if a word expressed an abstract idea, a picture of a roll of papyrus tied up and sealed was included to show that the meaning of the word could be expressed in writing although not pictorially.

Hieroglyphic Alphabet Translator

Hieroglyphic eCards

Have some fun with the Hieroglyphic Alphabet Translator. (Note these are just for fun so I've cheated a bit and put a symbol for 'e' and 'v' using the closest sound match.)

You can also Send your friends a Hieroglyphic eCard. Write their name and email it to them.

Ancient Egyptian Number Hieroglyphs

The Hieroglyphic Print Machine Version 2The Software's functions include the ability to make greetings cards, T-Shirts and posters. The tool set allows you to make text, lines, squares and ellipses. You can import your own images and adjust them in the picture editor. The greetings card function gives you four different card types and the T-shirt function will automatically reverse your text and images for printing on transfer paper.

I've created hundreds of new glyphs including 388 ancient Egyptian words with their English translations. There are 143 alphabet, syllabic, determinative, numbers signs, decorative backgrounds, cartouches and gods names.

Although this is partly a fun product it also has a serious scholarly element with the inclusion of the Gardiner's Sign List. At the moment the software contains 223 Gardiner signs but will eventually be expanded to include the complete list which you will be able to download as expansion packs.

You can now write secret ancient Egyptian messages to your friends and have fun creating all sorts Egyptian themed stuff with your printer.

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Answer 2

The picture writing used in ancient Egypt is called hieroglyphics. These amazing works of art tell stories with intricacies that modern people can't grasp.

Answer 3

Ancient Egyptians wrote using pictures called hieroglyphics.

Answer 4

I think the word you're looking for there is hieroglyphics? perhaps

Answer 5

Hieroglyphics.

Answer 6

Hieroglyphics