Sort of, but now they are called Journalists. Yes, i am in boy scouts and we have different postions and i am the scribe. All you do is take notes of the meeting, send emails out, and call people that need calling!!!!
No, there weren't any girl scribes, but a few women were literate.
because they were the only ones that could write
Scribes worked in the Temple.
Scribes were skilled in writing.
Scribes were the record keepers for Pharohs and Dignitaries.
No, there weren't any girl scribes, but a few women were literate.
In modern Israel, there are no scribes (just as there are no scribes in any other modern country). In Ancient Israel, scribes wrote down information for the government bureaucracy. At that time, literacy was incredibly low, so the scribes wrote and read for the leadership.
Yes they did. In fact, they still do today.
because they were the only ones that could write
In ancient Egypt, Scribes didn't have to pay taxes, be part of the military or do any of the manual labour.
Because in Ancient Egyptian Times, Scribes were Important People. Being a scribe you were highly respected and prized for your skills. Scribes were rich and powerful members of society, a bit like parents today wanting their children to be a surgeon or a barister.
Basic and comprehensive information on scribes can be found on search databases. However, any more detailed information can be found on the original scribes themselves, which are hardly found unless in a university or main library.
The Ancient Egyptian scribes were asked to record any pieces of needed information. They were also asked by people to write letters to people
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.
Scribes worked in the Temple.
Scribes were skilled in writing.
All royalties have to study with scribes and priest. They studied courses which we have today, and notably languages of the surroundings provinces.