Persians, Greeks, and then the Romans.
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples?
Painted images on every wall and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language?
Cuneiform from the Sumerians.
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements?
Logograms use symbols representing ideas or objects. Alphabetic elements use letters.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words?
Hiero--> sacred; glyphic--> engraving or writing.
What is a scribe?
Someone who is hired to write down ideas or events.
Who else was trained to read and write? Why?
Post an example of hieroglyphics on papyrus.
Military soldiers so they could communicate in the field.
What is papyrus and how was it made?
Wet reeds, crossed, flattened, and then dried.
What is a substrate?
Natural stone/ceramic surface of a wall, floor, etc.
What were the Books of the Dead?
Instructions and spells on how to get to the afterlife.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language?
The Romans and Persians used different languages, so the language died out.
Post an example of the Rosetta Stone.
What is the Rosetta Stone? Where was it discovered?
It contains three languages and helped uncover the mystery of the hieroglyphs.
What three languages are included on the stone?
Greek, Demotic, and hieroglyphs.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered?
A chunk was missing and the languages were incomplete.
Who finally deciphered the text? What was his breakthrough?
Jean Francois Champollion. He could match the hieroglyphs with the Greek version.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance?
It unlocked the secrets of the Egyptian hieroglyphs and half their culture.
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