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Hieroglyphics
Hieroglyphics is a formal system of writing used by the ancient Egyptians. It is generally figurative, representing real or illusionary elements in a perfectly recognizable form, though the same symbol can be interpreted in diverse ways, based on context.
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What did hieroglyphics and cuneiform encourage development of?
Hieroglyphics and cuneiform led to the development of written language.
Use the term papyrus in a sentence about Egyptian hieroglyphs?
Heiroglyphs were a system of writing developed in Egypt for carving into stone or writing on papyrus.
Who gave Egyptians hieroglyphics?
Nobody gave hieroglyphs to the ancient Egyptians - they developed the writing system themselves.
What is the simplest hieroglyphic?
All hieroglyphs are simple - if you understand what they represent and the sound value of each one. The right way to look at it is that hieroglyphs were developed purely to write the ancient Egyptian language, without including any of the vowels - this was common among Middle Eastern languages and ancient Arabic, Hebrew and Phoenician were all written minus the vowel sounds.
A hieroglyph that is very simple to draw is the horizontal zigzag line with the sound value N. this represents ripples on the surface of water.
See link below for an image:
What is name given to a stone usually crudely broken used as a tool early stone age?
The very general name given by archaeologists to stone tools is lithics. More specific names are given depending on the particular shape of these tools and in this early period include choppers, discoids, polyhedrons, scrapers, spheroids, proto bifaces, awls and burins. The overall name for the particular stone tool industry of the early stone age is Oldowan.
Do people still use hieroglyphics?
OF COURSE!!! A lot of people use hieroglyphics... It only depends what kind you are talking about. hieroglyphics is coded (which is not coded if you uncode it!) writing such as English. Hieroglyphics is not just any writing though. It is a writing or enscripture that you would find on stone that is made up of many pictures. The pictures represent words. So it pretty much is coded writing... but not really - Shadow.cobra
What does an opthalmic scribe do as their job?
An ophthalmic scribe works for an eye doctor. The ophthalmic scribe is the person that notes the doctors findings, orders, and recommendations on a patients chart. An ophthalmic scribe needs to know some medical terminology as it pertains to the eye.
How did the knowledge of hieroglyphics get lost?
In AD 324, Egypt officially became a Christian county.
In AD 641 Arab invaders introduced their religion Islam to Egypt. This saw the end of the many gods religion. Because of the closing down of temples took 12 centuries before anyone could work out how to read the hieroglyphics.Only priests, scribes and craftsmen had been taught to understand hieroglyphics. As they died nobody could understand them.
Is Shakespeare's language still used today?
The answer is yes, but it depends on the person, and the situation. People studying Shakespeare must in fact use his quotes. Many people use Shakespearean quotations without knowing that they are in fact from Shakespeare. Often people know them in inaccurate forms.
Example, "all that glitters is not gold" (original in Merchant of Venice "all that glisters is not gold"
"there's method in his madness" (original in Hamlet "though this be madness, yet there is method in't")
"gilding the lily" (original in King John "to gild refined gold, to paint the lily")
Why is it important to read the directions on a test carefully?
Reading the directions on a test is important because if you do not read them, you will not know what you are to do on the test. For example, on a multiple choice test, if you do not read the directions, you won't know if you are to choose the best answer or all answers that apply. On a short answer test, the directions will state if there are limitations on the length of your answer, if something specific needs to be included, etc. Without reading the directions, you won't know exactly what is expected, and it could be the difference in the grade on the test reflecting what you know or, in some cases, failing the test.
Is Iraq located where it was once ancient mesopotamia?
Yes it is the same, it means collected water. Referring to the two rivers Tigris and the Eupheriates.
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How people in olden days lived?
eat sleep play work
they grew their own gardens, raised their own farm animals for food. worked from daylight to night fall. washed clothes in a creek and used a scrub board
How do you translate hieroglyphs?
Translation of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing requires two basic types of knowledge: a knowledge of how the hieroglyphs were used, and a knowledge of the language itself.
The ancient Egyptian language went through various phases, the last of which is known as Coptic. Coptic is no longer a spoken language, but it is still used liturgically by Egyptian Christians and its grammar and vocabulary are known. A thorough understanding of Coptic was one of the tools that Jean-François Champollion brought to the task of deciphering the hieroglyphs on the Rosetta Stone in the early 1800's. Another was the intuition that hieroglyphs in cartouches (oblong enclosures) were phonetic representations of the same royal names that occurred in the Greek portion of the inscription. After determining the phonetic values of enough of the hieroglyphs, Champollion was able to recognize earlier forms of some of the words and grammatical constructions that he knew from his study of Coptic.
Scholars now have a reasonable understanding of the vocabulary and grammar of the ancient Egyptian language (though questions remain, particularly regarding the verbal system) and the ways hieroglyphs were used. A hieroglyphic symbol could be used as a logogram, to represent a particular word; as a phonogram, to represent a particular sound or combination of sounds; or as a determinative, to indicate the category of meaning into which a particular word fell. These uses were not mutually exclusive; some glyphs could be used in any of these ways, depending on context. For example, a picture of an old man leaning on a staff could be a logogram for words meaning "great" or "old"; a phonogram for the consonant sequence jk, or a determinative for words involving age or distinction.
The Ancient Egyptians used to trade. What imports did they collect?
leopard skins, giraffe tails,monkeys,cattle,ivory, ostrich feathers and eggs, gold,oil. also they traded horses
What do you we call a tall rectangular column that has a pyramid on top?
An obelisk is a rectangular column ontop of a pyramid
Egyptians wrote on Papyrus, a reed plant found by the Nile River.
They wrote in stone and on papyrus paper and animal pelt parchment.
Papyrus
Egyptians wrote on papyrus
The ancient Egyptians wrote on something called papyrus.
They write on walls. With berrys and carving knives and stofe
Are there hyroglythics on the pyramids?
There are hieroglyphics in and around most pyramids except for the pyramid complex at Giza. This is another reason why some people believe these pyramids were not built by the Egyptians.
