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Hieroglyphics

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

HIEROGLYPHICS

THE ANCIENT EGYPTIAN WRITING
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HISTORY OF HIEROGLYPHICS

THAT'S RIGHT THE HISTORY

HISTORY

  • In 3000bc hieroglyphics were first used
  • Hieroglyphics were lost to the midst of time, the Rosetta Stone was found
  • Later in time scribes made a new and faster way of writing hieroglyphics which was called hieratic
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PURPOSE

  • A purpose of hieroglyphics was to look pretty
  • Another purpose was so that scribes could record information because scribes thought that recording information was important
  • The last purpose was so that they could have a written language
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The Rosetta

  • The Rosetta stone had languages carved into it.  languages were Greek, hier
  • The Rosetta stone had every word carved into it in 1799
  • French soldiers discovered the Rosetta stone when they wee building a fort.

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