HIEROGLYPHICS

IMPORTANT RULES

• Eyes have to be drawn in profile
• Arms and shoulders have to be drawn as seen from the front
• Important people are drawn bigger than others
• Could be written left to right or right to left
• Uses no punctuation or spaces between words

FACTS

• A writing system that uses pictures to stand for words or sounds
• First use of the word "hieroglyphics" was in 1586
• The eye of Horus is very famous
• The Rosetta Stone was found in 1799-used to crack hieroglyphics
• A single picture can stand for a whole word

FACTS CONTINUED

• Used on tablets, temple walls, and papyrus reed
• Mainly used to make lists of workers or supplies for making a pyramid
• Scribes and priests did most of the writing
• Did this because most people in Ancient Egypt couldn't read or write

_About the word "Hieroglyphics"_
The word comes from two Greek words meaning "sacred writing". This came from the Egyptians own word meaning "divine speech".

Sources

• Http://www.yac-uk.org/ya/issues/153/hieroglyph
• My social studies book- pg. 434