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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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Why did the pharaohs call themselves gods?
They called themselves Gods because they believed when they were crowned Pharaoh a God came into them or was there parents. Or that when they were born a God gave them powers to choose things and be the true ruler. That is why the called themselves Gods they believed they actually were part of a God.
Is there a hieroglyphic alphabet?
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).
How would you summarize writing in ancient Egypt?
I would describe it as artistic, beautiful, complex, decorative, difficult, variable, traditional, pictorial, mixed, puzzling, attractive, unusual, neatly arranged, regulated, expressive, formulaic, prestigious, conventional and exclusive.
What are the 3 languages used in hieroglyphics?
Your question indicates that you have misunderstood what you have read or been taught.
Hieroglyphs (a noun - only Americans call them "hieroglyphics", which is an adjective form) were used in ancient Egypt to record their own language and no other. Two other scripts (Hieratic and Demotic) evolved from hieroglyphs but still record the ancient Egyptian language.
A decree recorded on the Rosetta Stone is written twice in ancient Egyptian (in hieroglyphs and Demotic script) and once in the Greek alphabet - this enabled scholars to compare the known Greek words with the unknown Egyptian equivalents and begin to make a translation.
Other cultures used hieroglyphs (otherwise simply known as glyphs), including the Maya, the Hittites and the early Indus Valley culture; all were used to record the language of the people concerned and there is absolutely no connection between the different scripts.
What object is the key to deciphering ancient hieroglyphs in ancient Egypt?
The Rosetta stone was a big help in deciphering the language
It was written in three languages, Heiroglyphs, Latin and Demotic (another Egyptian dialect)
It helped a great deal as people already understood some heiroglyphs and using the latin and demotic they could see patterns and which symbol could be which letter
What were some advantages to using hieroglyphic writing?
Hierglyphics were used for writing. They had lots of symbols and pictures.
What object did french soldiers discover in 1799 to read hieroglyphics?
The Rosetta Stone. ( May need correction )
Why did egyptians write on walls?
because in the first place why do we assume its the egptians,i believe it was the Immaculate Conception caputured by these so called myans of torture;it goes back in the begging of time virgin Mary was of a child also and yet we tend to forget her presence,she is of this universe and is the universe.so do we really think that the egyptians wrote drew build all.no i believe the virgin Mary was captured and was slaved in the begging of time she was trying to tell us in her own way and words etc. etc. until this day.
What religon did the Hopewell American Indians believed in?
many gods like sun god rain god crop god etc
Why did Egyptians farmers use irrigation?
To provide the crops with enough water for strong, healthy plants when natural precipitation is lacking.
Who was the last pharaoh to be buried in the Valley of the kings?
No one knows exactly who, as we may have not found all of the tombs. However the current theory is Khufu.
Who would translate the hieroglyphics?
The person who inscribed the Rosetta Stone (which was used by Joan Francés Champolion in modern times to break the code for translating hieroglyphics) must be credited with the first documented proof for translating hieroglyphics.
The Rosetta Stone is a Ptolemaic era stele with carved text made up of three translations of a single passage: two in Egyptian language scripts (hieroglyphic and Demotic) and one in classical Greek. It was created in 196 BCE.
What is the entire hieroglyphic alphabet?
There is no such thing as a hieroglyphic alphabet. The Egyptians used about 700 hieroglyphs to represent the sounds and meaning of their language.
How do you write Sara in hieroglyphics?
Hieroglyphs did not write any vowel sounds (despite what some modern web pages claim). Naturally the ancient Egyptians knew how to say their words with the vowels included, but only the consonant sounds were written.
So in hieroglyphs you write srh, but you say Sarah. The direction of writing was normally right to left, but sometimes left to right; signs were always arranged neatly to fit inside an invisible rectangle or square.
There were several signs with the value s, but we shall use the "door-bolt" sign because it is long and thin (to fit neatly with the next sign). This is a horizontal line, thickening slightly at each end and with two very short vertical lines crossing it in the middle.
The sound r was represented by the mouth-sign, viewed from the front; this was simply two curved lines meeting at each end. We place this directly under the s.
The sign for h is the plan of a reed shelter, looking a bit like a spiral but made of 5 straight lines, starting with a downward stroke. This is paced on the left of the first two signs because we are reading from right to left. It is drawn almost as tall as the first two signs put together.
Last, to indicate that this is the name of a person, we draw the kneeling woman sign on the left of the others - she must face towards the right (towards the start of the line of writing). This sign is the same height as the first two signs put together, so the finished word looks neat and fits inside that invisible rectangle.
What artifact helped scholars decipher heiroglyphics?
that artifact is a black basalt stone found near the city of Rosetta. this stone is later called Rosetta-Stone.
A system of picture writing used by ancient egyptians?
The ancient Egyptians used a form of picture writing known as hieroglyphics.
How were Egyptian hieroglyphs decoded?
Hieroglyphics are a writing system made up of small pictures and characters. An early way to decode them was by using the Hieroglyphica, which dates back to the 5th century. The primary way to decode them now is with the Rosetta Stone, which was discovered in the 18th century by Napoleon Bonaparte's troops.
Where can I find a picture of Cleopatra VII's cartouche?
The only surviving contemporary images of Cleopatra may be on Ptolemaic coins. Some of these were two-headed coins minted after Marc Anthony's break with Rome and marriage to Cleopatra (with Tony on one side and Cleo on the other). If the coins are any indication, she was not the most beautiful of women, although artists from later centuries have used their imagination to make her so.
What is a ancient Egyptian number writing called?
This ancient writing is called hieroglyphics. Many different pictures represent words and numbers. Hieroglyphics are used today still... kinda. Picture icons are like hieroglyphics.
MUMMIFICATION
mummification is some thing Egyptians do to preserve dead body's. there are many steps in the mummification proses.
What about the mathematical skills of the Mayas?
The Mayas were very intelligent and had amazing minds. They intended to improve everything that could, or was possible. The Mayan calender is used by some still today. Many people study these things.
What inventions have been made in ancient times?
People tend to expose their prejudices and other biases when answering questions of this type.
Remember that we don't always know with certainty which culture invented a thing first.
Many cultures reinvented items that were invented earlier or at about the same time.
Numerous inventions are disputed. Here are some of the least controversial ones.
The Sumerians gave us time and angles. There are 60 seconds in a minute (not 10) and 60 minutes in an hour (not 10). A circle is 360 degrees (=60*60) (not 10*10) degrees. They gave us the first writing, the first types of laws, bread, biscuits and cakes, beer, bricks, the wheel, the chariot, the modern plough, the zodiac (of star constellations), sail boats and (probably also) glass.
Egyptians gave us pyramids and scary mummies. However they also invented wigs, the first locks, the first bellows, and the first large dam. They were very talented builders of monuments and they greatly advanced the skills of furniture-making, ship-building, jewellery-making and glass-making. In addition they made the first modern-style cosmetics.
Ancient Indians (Indus valley) offered us advances in mathematics, astrology, literature, medicine, dance and food technologies. They developed several irrigation and drainage systems. They gave us cotton. At about the same time as the Sumerians and Egyptians they gave us bricks, granarys and assembly halls.
The Greeks left us with democracy and the idea of freedom, justice including trial by jury, history as distinct from propaganda, the idea of proof, modern medicine, philosophy, sciences such as physics and biology and modern literature and theater. They provided great advances in poetry and art, architecture, and mathematics. They gave us the first real understanding of music and several popular sports as well as beginning the Olympic games.
The ancient Chinese gave us paper, pasta and noodles, fast food, simple printing, silk, gunpowder, concrete, wheelbarrows, flame throwers, toilet roll, paper money and football (yes they invented a game very similar to modern soccer more than 2000 years ago).
The ancient people of South America and Central America gave us chocolate, vanilla, potatoes, popcorn, peanuts and many other foods. They gave us rubber, chewing gum, terrace farming, freeze-dried food, hydroponics, cable cars, suspension bridges and obsidian knives. They reinvented beer and concrete. They gave us many types of medicines (including the world's first contraceptive pills) and some dangerous drugs (such as cocaine). Also they were great architects, builders, artists and artisans.
