Quite possibly. The Egyptian word for hieroglyphics was mdw nTr, which means "divine words." Our word means essentially the same thing, from the Greek hieros "sacred" and glyphe"carving."
You can. You just need to learn the Egyptian language. Thousands of people can translate hieroglyphics.
All in the royal family had to. She was a prince and then a Queen.
The ancient Egyptians did not record the time when their writing system was developed (not invented), nor was there anyone else present to record that event. It was long before the first pharaohs and the unification of Egypt. By the time of the pharaohs the original development of writing was attributed to the gods, not to humans, and it had become part of the Egyptians' religious beliefs.
Because it is a trans-letter for Egyptians to learn Hieroglyphics.
Jean-François Champollion deciphered the hieroglyphics by using the Rosetta stone, which enabled everyone to learn how to read them.
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One way that the Egyptians decorated their temples was with pictures of pharaohs and Hieroglyphics.
You can. You just need to learn the Egyptian language. Thousands of people can translate hieroglyphics.
The Rosetta Stone - discovered in the Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt - was used to learn how to translate ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
ancient Egypt 4000 BC
They studied the book of the pharaohs.
took scribes about 40-60 years
All in the royal family had to. She was a prince and then a Queen.
The ancient Egyptians did not record the time when their writing system was developed (not invented), nor was there anyone else present to record that event. It was long before the first pharaohs and the unification of Egypt. By the time of the pharaohs the original development of writing was attributed to the gods, not to humans, and it had become part of the Egyptians' religious beliefs.
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There were things called Royal Scribes that were the pharoah's personal scribe (if they were the top royal scribe;there were many). But there were also many scribes that had nothing to do with the government of Ancient Egypt.