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| Inside an Ancient Egyptian Temple |
Post an example of the inside wall(s) of an Ancient Egyptian temple.
What was discovered on the inside of the temples? Carved and painted images on every wall and surface.
Scholars believe that Ancient Egyptians were inspired and influenced by which written language? Cuneiform.
What is the difference between logographic and alphabetic elements? Logographic are visual symbols representing ideas or objects and alphabetic are variations that came later as the language evolved into demotic.
The term Hieroglyphic derived from what two Greek words? Heiro and glyphic.
What is a scribe? A school to learn how to read and write.
Who else was trained to read and write? Military leaders. Why? So that they could communicate while in battle.
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| An hieroglyphic on papyrus. |
What is papyrus and how was it made? A substrate made from reeds native to Egypt.
What is a substrate? The surface or material on or from which an organism lives, grows, or obtains its nourishment.
What were the Books of the Dead? Instructions and spells to help them find their way to the afterlife.
How did Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics become a forgotten language? Those who could read and write hieroglyphics disappeared until no one knew how to decipher Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics.
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| Rosetta Stone |
What is the Rosetta Stone? A slab with inscriptions on it. Where was it discovered? By French soldiers who were building a fort in Egypt.
What three languages are included on the stone? Egyptian hieroglyphics, Demotic and Greek.
Why couldn't the text on the Stone be deciphered? A chunk of the stone was missing.
Who finally deciphered the text? Jean Francois Champollion. What was his breakthrough? When he was able to match up the hieroglyphic symbols with the greek version of the name Egyptian Pharoah Ramses.
Why does the interpretation of the Rosetta Stone have such significance? We now know a great deal about the Ancient Egyptians and Egyptians Hieroglyphics.
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